FUN WITH MAPS – ISSUE 2022-215 DAILY FEATURE:

By Steve Kovacs (Introduction by Chuck Gibson)

LOVELAND, OH (December 5, 2022) – In Issue 2022-215 of Steve Kovacs Fun with Maps, we raise our glasses to celebrate the end of an era.

I’LL DRINK TO THAT

Prohibition was repealed on December 5, 1933 when Utah cast the deciding vote in favor of the 21st Amendment. Prohibition had been in effect since the passage of the 18th Amendment on January 16, 1919.

Prohibition, progressives of the day, and the severance societies that led its cause had become increasingly unpopular.  The law never actually achieved its goal of sobriety and had become a financial burden on the government as it became increasingly expensive to police.  In fact, organized crime took on a life of its own, and its leaders became popular anti-heroes.

After its national repeal, prohibition came under state control.  Mississippi was the last dry state, finally repealing its local law in 1966.

This 1938 map of Utah is by Ruth T. White.

Steve Kovacs and his wife Theresa reside in Loveland, Ohio where they raised their two children. He is a passionate collector of antique maps.

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