Today is the 74th anniversary of the repeal of national Prohibition in the United States. Bob Skilnik has, naturally, the most complete account at his Beer In Food blog. His piece is called “National Prohibition; Its REAL Anniversary” and goes into great detail about the history swirling about at that time. It’s definitely worth a read.
In addition, Eugene, Oregon bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler has been leading an effort to make December 5 a holiday and he’s also set up a Repeal Day website. And Dewar’s is also running a Repeal Day promotion to celebrate the day (and sell some whisky, of course). Seems like a good idea to me, we can never have too many holidays to remind us what a bad idea Prohibition was, especially with the neo-prohibitionists of today trying so hard to bring about another one.
Revelers enjoying the repeal of Prohibition in 1933.
Click on the Links Below to Support the Beer Bulletin |
[powered by WordPress.]
For more dates, visit the Brookston Almanac
For additional dates and more info, visit the |
For additional dates and more info, visit the |
From Topix, place your cursor over the headlines to link to the full story
For more beer quotes, visit the Beer Quotes Page.
Sell or Serve Beer? Become a Certified Cicerone |
If you'd like to submit a beer sample, book or other beer-related product for possible review either here on the Bulletin and/or any of the publications that I write for, please send me an e-mail and I'll send details. Thanks.
December 6th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Hey Jay,
Just thought I’d point you to my own Repeal Day post (a day late, I know, but it went up yesterday, I swear). My family owned restaurants/taverns in NY, not all of which survived Prohibition:
http://barstories.blogspot.com/2007/12/hoisting-glass-in-honor-of-repeal-day.html
It’s basically an article from 1930 about the last of the restaurants, but it’s a pretty cool little slice of history (with photos, to boot).
—J.