Quote Originally Posted by TheOfficialBren View Post
Grizzly, it was the repeal of the alcohol prohibition. In the US, from 1920-1933, alcohol was illegal to make, sell, buy, transport, and consume. The 18th amendment to the US Constitution enacted prohibition. The 21st amendment repealed it and set the legal drinking age at twenty-one-years-of-age.

Prohibition was spearheaded by religious zealots and was the number one contributor to the violence and criminality that plagued America during the "roaring 20's."

Eliot Ness was an FBI agent whosought to eradicate illegal alcohol.
Actually the drinking age was set by each state with 18 as the minimum. I was a bartender at 19 in Texas in 1980. Later all states raised the age to 21. Had a dram of Talisker tonight. Sorry Ern but after 80 minutes to get home I didn't feel like another 45-60 to meet you. I like the flying coaster in the photo.