All posts tagged "Prohibition"
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40.7K2Connecticut6 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
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20.9K5Crime and ScandalCarl Rettich, The RI Mobster Who Invented Cement Shoes
When Carl Rettich moved to a seaside mansion on Warwick Neck in Warwick, R.I., people thought he was a genteel lawyer named...
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30.2K16ConnecticutSix Prohibition Speakeasies You Can Still Visit
When the 18th Amendment to the Constitution took effect on January 17, 1920, New England’s taverns suddenly became speakeasies. Law enforcement couldn’t...
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29.2K1Business and LaborThe Return of ZaRex
Generations of New Englanders grew up on ZaRex, a sweet fruity syrup they could make into a drink, into snow cones or...
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13.2K2Flashback PhotosFlashback Photos: Prohibition Is Repealed and an Era Is Ended
To the great relief of many, the prohibition on the sale of alcohol was repealed on Dec. 5, 1933 at exactly 5:32...
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11.1K8Crime and ScandalThe Capture of the I’m Alone, New England’s Uncatchable Rumrunner
For six years during the heart of Prohibition, New England Coast Guard patrols often saw the Gloucester-rigged schooner I’m Alone sailing off...
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