It’s time to drink up (like you needed an excuse to). Seventy-five years ago today, the 21st Amendment was passed, which as any middle school student can tell you was the one that freed the slaves gave women the right to vote let us have our guns repealed the 18th Amendment, which was the main law behind Prohibition.
Yes, we told you only a few months ago that it was time to celebrate because the anniversary of the Volstead Act’s repeal. Well, that was a good reason to drink, but the Volstead Act merely reinforced the 18th Amendment, and while its repeal signaled the end of the national nightmare, it was not the official end.
So, today is a day to stop drinking the gin you’ve been making in your bathtub, today is a day to go out and get crocked because it’s legal to do so (as long as you don’t drive a car, don’t smoke, play drinking games or have absinthe at a bar, and are 21 years of age–it’s legal besides all that). Cheers!