Prohibition, Part One

[sachem_head]

Before I succumbed to the stomache bug going around my family Friday night, I watched most of episode one of Ken Burns' Prohibition. I was quite fascinated. I had been meaning to watch it for a while. One of the things I learned that I didn't know before was that the proponents of prohibition, known as the "drys" had backed the creation of an

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[pkhentz]

Yes, the 20s are really fascinating. I think usually you would look at "the 20s" as going from 1919-1929, so including the Seattle General Strike and the Spanish Influenza, the Palmer Raids, and the eponymous Ponzi scheme. I went on a big 20s history bender while I was in Gainesville.