How FDR Took the First Steps Towards Ending Prohibition - a podcast by Smithsonian Channel

In 1932, nine days after his inauguration, President Roosevelt signed an order authorizing the sale of beer. It would soon be followed by the 21st amendment: the full repeal of Prohibition.

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