Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 18th Amendment was the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially took hold on Jan. 17, 1920, a victory for the nation’s temperance movement, plunging the nation into Prohibition. The ...

Prohibition, making the sale of alcohol illegal, arrived in the United States with the speed of a comet, hung around for a decade, and disappeared like a rocket. In both cases — its arrival and its ...

It’s likely that many glasses were raised — although not yet legally — to toast the election results of Sept. 12, 1933. That’s when Colorado joined 28 other states that had already voted to repeal the ...

Welcome to JJ Foley's Cafe, *** Boston bar and institution that survived prohibition. Thanks to Jeremiah Foley's hard working and creative grandfather. Was he selling more than cheese? Yes. January ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author and Economist Jason Taylor talked about Franklin D. Roosevelt's idea to legalize beer as part of the New Deal. This lesson examines how ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington is known for having some of the best bars in the Cape Fear. But for a period of time during the 20th century, they wouldn’t have been allowed to exist. Friday marks ...

We favor the repeal of the 18th Amendment. To effect such repeal, we demand that the Congress immediately propose a Constitutional amendment to truly representative conventions in the States called to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan.