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Article: PROHIBITION AND THE GARDEN STATE
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- May 30, 2008
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DAVID HANSON
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
05-30-2008
PROHIBITION AND THE GARDEN STATE -- A toast to a fighter
By DAVID HANSON
Date: 05-30-2008, Friday
Section: OPINION
Edtion: All Editions
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS ago, on June 1, 1933, New Jersey ratified the 21st Amendment for the repeal of National Prohibition. Other states followed, and in December of that year repeal was achieved.
Many in New Jersey had hoped that Prohibition, which was imposed in 1920, would reduce crime, improve health, increase safety and raise public morality. However, New Jersey quickly became a hotbed for the production, distribution and consumption of illegal alcohol, or moonshine.
Enter Army hero Col. Ira Reeves, who ...