Seventy-Five Years Ago: Gearing up for the Big Night
Counting Down to April 7, the Anniversary of the Return of Legal Beer City officials and beermakers around the country began announcing their plans for the…
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Counting Down to April 7, the Anniversary of the Return of Legal Beer No matter how good the news, we humans will find some way to…
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Counting Down to April 7, the Anniversary of the Return of Legal Beer Today, a slight detour from my daily rundown of anniversary factoids in order…
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Counting Down to April 7, the Anniversary of the Return of Legal Beer On March, 30, 1933, the New Jersey Commissioner of Motor Vehicles issued a…
Read articleSeventy-Five Years Ago: Planning Your Own Celebration
Counting Down to April 7, the Anniversary of the Return of Legal Beer Beer Day is coming up fast — time to plan your own celebration.…
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Counting Down to April 7, the Anniversary of the Return of Legal Beer People who supported Prohibition (the “drys”) had lobbied against the return of beer…
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Counting Down to April 7, the Anniversary of the Return of Legal Beer It was really happening! On March 26th and 27th, 1933, breweries in Milwaukee…
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