Happy Beer Day
April 7th, 2008
Seventy-five years ago today, the prohibition on beer ended.
This is a photo of thirsty patrons lined up about ten deep at Berghoff’s Cafe in Chicago waiting to purchase their first frosty brews after over thirteen years of temperance.
Most people remember Franklin Delano Roosevelt for “The New Deal,” but he also campaigned with a promise to end prohibition.
Beer was the first alcoholic beverage made legal again after he took office. All other alcoholic beverages were legal again in December of 1933 after the eighteenth amendment was repealed.
So raise a glass of beer today and toast President Roosevelt.
Cheers!