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Philly bartenders’ best Prohibition cocktails
The National Constitution Center recently hosted a competition challenging Philadelphia mixologists to concoct the “Best ’20s-Inspired Cocktail” in honor of the Center’s acclaimed exhibition, American...
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Pennsylvania close to historic vote on Prohibition-era liquor laws
Pennsylvania lawmakers will vote Thursday afternoon on ending restrictive liquor laws that date back to 1933, but the Prohibition-era booze battle is far from over. Pennsylvania and Utah are the only...
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Update: Pennsylvania’s historic vote to end booze control
Late on Thursday night, Pennsylvania’ House of Representatives approved a law to end the state’s Prohibition-era monopoly on alcohol sales. Pennsylvania and Utah are the only two states that have kept...
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Happy birthday (kind of) to the 18th Amendment!
It was on this day in 1919 that the Constitution gained a new amendment. However, the 18th Amendment, which made Prohibition the law of the land, had a short shelf life, since it was repealed in the...
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18th Amendment: Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors
As part of the National Constitution Center’s 27 Amendments (In 27 Days) project, each day we will look at a constitutional amendment. Through partnerships with leading scholars and universities,...
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Full Text of the 18th Amendment Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or...
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Five interesting facts about Prohibition’s end in 1933
On December 5, 1933, three states voted to repeal Prohibition, putting the ratification of the 21st Amendment into place. But did Prohibition really end on that fateful day? Kind of, but like the 18th...
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Obama not the only beer-loving president in history
What does Barack Obama have in common with George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson? All four presidents will go down in history as loving their beer, as well as their country. The...
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The constitutional origins of National Beer Day
April 7 is a day celebrated nationally by beer lovers as a big anniversary near the end of Prohibition in 1933, when legal beer sales returned in the United States for the first time in 13 years....
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Olmstead case was a watershed for Supreme Court
Today marks the 87th anniversary of the landmark Olmstead v. United States wiretapping case decided by the Supreme Court, which had a far-reaching impact still felt today. The decision centered on the...
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