Repeal Day 2019

Repeal Day is observed on December 05, 2019. It remembers the Repeal of Prohibition. The Repeal of Prohibition in the United States was accomplished with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 5, 1933.

In 1919, the requisite number of state legislatures ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, enabling national prohibition one year later. Many women, notably members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, were pivotal in bringing about national Prohibition in the United States, believing it would protect families, women, and children from the effects of alcohol abuse.

The proponents of prohibition had believed that banning alcoholic beverages would reduce or even eliminate many social problems, particularly drunkenness, crime, mental illness, and poverty. During Prohibition, people continued to produce and drink alcohol, and bootlegging helped foster a massive industry under the control of organized crime.

Drinking in speakeasies became increasingly fashionable, and many mothers worried about the allure that alcohol and other illegal activities associated with bootlegging would have over their children.

More dates:

• Repeal Day on Dec 05, 2020
• Repeal Day on Dec 05, 2021
• Repeal Day on Dec 05, 2022