By thirstyinla, on September 22, 2011

Prohibition, the new documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, airs nationally on PBS on October 2-4. The first episode debuts on the PBS App on September 23rd. [...]
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By thirstyinla, on September 16, 2010
Follow that car! | Photo: Rich Kim, courtesy of C.C.
It’s already Don Draper’s whisky of choice on the Emmy Award-winning Mad Men. Now, Canadian Club is poised to have its coolness factor elevated even higher with the [...]
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By thirstyinla, on December 2, 2009
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“What America needs now is a drink.” ~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Amendment XXI (click to enlarge) | Source: NARA
While the quote above may be more appropriate than ever, FDR said those words back in 1933, after 13 years of Prohibition were finally ended.
From repealday.org: “On [...]
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