At 5:31 p.m. Eastern, exactly 79 years will have elapsed since the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, officially ending 13 years of Prohibition and re-legalizing the production, purchase and consumption of alcohol in the United States.
“What America needs now is a drink,” quipped President Franklin D. Roosevelt when Ohio, Pennsylvania and Utah ratified the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933.
79 years ago today the 21st Amendment was ratified! Be sure to raise a glass to this day in history this evening...