Was poking around beertown and came across this for folks (like me) who didn't know.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><font color="blue">Did you know that on April 7, 1933 (the year prohibition was repealed) beer was the first legal beverage to be allowed once again. Not until December 5 of that year could other alcohol also be purchased on the up and up. So today the tradition continues that on April 7 craft brewers all across America will raise a pint to celebrate the ?Repeal of Prohibition?.</font id="blue"><hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Read the full article at: http://www.beertown.org/apps/brewyearseve/sites.aspx
?Repeal of Prohibition? Celebrate your right
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