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Article: Brown-Forman Unveils Plans to Celebrate 75th Anniversary of End of Prohibition.
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- June 16, 2008
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Brown-Forman only U.S. spirits company that pre-dates Prohibition
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Brown-Forman (NYSE:BFB)(NYSE:BFA) announced today a six-month long celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the end of Prohibition. Prohibition in the U.S. officially ended on December 5, 1933 when Utah approved the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, becoming the last state needed for a three quarters majority to enact the provision. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which on January 16, 1919 outlawed the production and sale of beverage alcohol - except for "medicinal purposes."
Brown-Forman, founded in Louisville in 1870 by George Garvin Brown, ...