Will Rogers & Prohibition Anniversary

Originally published at: http://timeghost.tv/will-rogers-prohibition-anniversary/

84 years ago, on December 5th 1933, Prohibition ended in the United States after almost 14 years. The Volstead Act of 19 October 1919 introduced the 18th amendment that prohibited producing, distributing and, selling alcoholic beverages of any kind. The US government vastly overestimated their capacity to enforce something so momentous. Across the country hundreds…