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JAN 17, 2019
See All the Crafty Ways Americans Hid Alcohol During Prohibition
Prohibition went into effect on January 17, 1920, officially banning the “manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors” for beverage purposes in America. No law, however, could suddenly transform the United States into a country of teetotalers.
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