On this day, Jan. 16: 18th Amendment -- prohibition of alcohol -- ratified

On Jan. 16, 1919, the United States went legally "dry" when the 36th state ratified the 18th Amendment.
The Express Tribune

PML-N, PPP face off over 18th Amendment

Lawmakers from the ruling PML-N and its key ally at the Centre, the PPP, clashed once again in the National Assembly on ...
Texarkana Gazette

EDITORIAL | Prohibition: Volstead Act enacted 107 years ago; gave teeth to the dry law

Back in January of 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. Authored by U.S. Sen. Morris Sheppard of Texarkana, the amendment banned the manufacture, sale or ...
MinnPost

Congress passes the Volstead Act, banning the manufacturing and sale of alcohol, on October 28, 1919

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. The 18th Amendment required one year between ratification by the states and the ...