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Add new Web site: GovInfo - Eighteenth Amendment Prohibition of Liquor (PDF). Dec 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Marquette Law Review - Does the Eighteenth Amendment Prohibit State Manufacture and Dispensation?Dispensation? Oct 18, 2024
Add new Web site: United States Census Bureau - Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors - Eighteenth Amendment. Sep 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum - Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 18 – “The Beginning of Prohibition”. Jul 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Congress.gov - Constitution Annotated - Eighteenth Amendment. May 17, 2024
Add new Web site: United States Senate - Eighteenth Amendment. Apr 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - The Center for the Book - Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee. Dec 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Primary Documents in American History. Oct 05, 2023
Add new Web site: National Constitution Center - The 18th Amendment - Prohibition of Liquor. Feb 11, 2023
Media added. Oct 14, 2019
Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Eighteenth Amendment. Dec 15, 2010
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