December 5, 1933

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Joel Byers

On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, thereby repealing the 18th Amendment and ending Prohibition. Thus ending the 13 year experiment of trying to legally force everyone to be sober and not drink alcohol. All Prohibition did was prove that forcing religious laws and biases on people didn’t work, especially if the rich and powerful were given loopholes that the ordinary person couldn’t access.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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