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How Prohibition Made Al Capone an Inadvertent Hero

Repeal Day

In honor of the 83rd anniversary of the repeal of the 18th Amendment, we look at the life and legacy of the notorious bootlegger.

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Eighty-three years ago today, America woke up from a very bad dream—a nightmare filled with violence, corruption and toxic moonshine. At 5:31 pm, on December 5, 1933, Utah ratified the 21st Amendment to the Constitution to repeal Prohibition, which gave the wets the majority they needed to make the production,...

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