It’s likely that many glasses were raised — although not yet legally — to toast the election results of Sept. 12, 1933. That’s when Colorado joined 28 other states that had already voted to repeal the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially took hold on Jan. 17, 1920, a victory for the nation’s temperance movement, plunging the nation into Prohibition. The ...