Mapp Prohibition Law – The UncommonWealth

The Lincoln Legion, Governor Henry C. Stuart Executive Papers, 1916.

Drying Out Dixieland: The Confederacy and Prohibition

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

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Dry Voters, Wet Drinkers: The Anniversary of Virginia’s Prohibition

Today marks the hundredth anniversary of the first day of Virginia’s state-wide prohibition. To see more about the build-up to the referendum that dried up…

Claire RadcliffeNovember 1, 2016

Settling the Liquor Question: The 1914 Referendum and Prohibition in Virginia

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

"How Dry I Am!" – The Virginia Prohibition Commission Records

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 the Box would like…

Laura Drake DavisJuly 24, 2013