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Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages with the aim of obtaining partial or total abstinence through legal means. Most countries that have experimented with the ban have soon lifted it, including the United States. Learn more about prohibition.
Salvatore Morrella, Joseph Sapia and John Russo told police they were fruit merchants on their way back to Amsterdam from New York City with what they said was a load of grapes when they were stopped by authorities in Hudson, according to The Daily Gazette on Sept. 3, 1921.
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On this day in 1920, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, ushering in a 13-year period known as Prohibition.
On this day in 1920, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, ushering in a 13-year period known as Prohibition.