What do prohibition and the American Civil War have in common? More than you may think. The debate over prohibition in Virginia, which culminated in…
Claire RadcliffeApril 19, 2017
Talk about spooky! Although the 18th Amendment didn’t institute nation-wide prohibition in the U.S. until January 1920, Virginia banned alcohol at the stroke of midnight on…
Claire RadcliffeOctober 31, 2016
Editor's Note: This post originally appeared in The Delimiter, the Library's in-house on-line newsletter. It has been shortened and edited slightly. This week Out of…
Roger ChristmanJuly 24, 2013
