Article: Celebrate 75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition All Year Long.

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, Master Mixologist Jackson Cannon of Boston's nationally-renowned Eastern Standard Kitchen & Drinks announces a year-long program designed to pay homage to the classic cocktail.

In 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed, making the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol illegal. On December 5, 1933, President Roosevelt signed into law the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment. The 13-year period between those two events, known as The Roaring Twenties, saw the rise of speakeasies, bootlegging and bathtub gin, as Americans found ...

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