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

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 ...

… 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 ...

Americans hold religious freedom dear, enshrining it in the First Amendment. Even when the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified in 1919, banning “intoxicating liquors,” enforcement under the Volstead Act ...

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” is ratified by the requisite number of states on 1919 ...