Celebrate Repeal Day at Forbidden Island Dec. 5th! - California Events

M martiki Official Mixologist http://www.smugglerscovesf.com Joined: Mar 29, 2002 Posts: 3059	M martiki Posted posted on Mon, Dec 1, 2008 12:19 PM Aloha! On Friday, December 5th, Forbidden Island will join with all freedom-loving Americans and celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition! We’ll be offering a special menu of drinks that were popular in Cuba in the 1920s. Cuba was the destination of choice for Americans seeking to escape the stranglehold of prohibition. (And was featured in popular songs of the era as well- check out this 1920 gem from Irving Berlin: “I’ll See You in Cuba”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehUSElG3VeU ) Help us to make December 5th a holiday celebrated everywhere! Here’s more information from RepealDay.org: The turn of the twentieth century was a dark time in America. The Women's Christian Temperance Union, which had been promoting Prohibition for many years, believed alcohol was the cause of many, if not all, social ills. Mistruths like this were spread. Lines were drawn. Bars and taverns were vandalized. People were killed. On January 16th, 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, outlawing alcohol and ostensibly putting an end to drunkenness, crime, mental illness, and poverty. Ironically, America's thirst for alcohol increased during Prohibition, and organized crime rose up to replace formerly legal methods of production and distribution. While proponents of Prohibition argued that the amendment would be more effective if enforcement were increased, respect for the law diminished and drunkenness, crime and resentment towards the federal government ran rampant. Over the course of the next thirteen years, support for Prohibition waned as the nation awoke to the widespread problems Prohibition had caused. The number of repeal organizations — many of which were comprised of former Prohibitionists — increased, and in 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt ran for President on a platform that included the repeal of Prohibition. On December 5th, 1933, Utah, the final state needed for a three quarters majority, ratified the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition and restoring the American right to a celebratory drink. While the amendment still allowed for state and local levels of Prohibition, by 1966 there were no state laws banning alcohol. So raise a glass with us on December 5th! Mahalo!

Aloha!

On Friday, December 5th, Forbidden Island will join with all freedom-loving Americans and celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition!

We’ll be offering a special menu of drinks that were popular in Cuba in the 1920s. Cuba was the destination of choice for Americans seeking to escape the stranglehold of prohibition. (And was featured in popular songs of the era as well- check out this 1920 gem from Irving Berlin: “I’ll See You in Cuba”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehUSElG3VeU )

Help us to make December 5th a holiday celebrated everywhere! Here’s more information from RepealDay.org:

The turn of the twentieth century was a dark time in America. The Women's Christian Temperance Union, which had been promoting Prohibition for many years, believed alcohol was the cause of many, if not all, social ills. Mistruths like this were spread. Lines were drawn. Bars and taverns were vandalized. People were killed. On January 16th, 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, outlawing alcohol and ostensibly putting an end to drunkenness, crime, mental illness, and poverty.

Ironically, America's thirst for alcohol increased during Prohibition, and organized crime rose up to replace formerly legal methods of production and distribution. While proponents of Prohibition argued that the amendment would be more effective if enforcement were increased, respect for the law diminished and drunkenness, crime and resentment towards the federal government ran rampant.

Over the course of the next thirteen years, support for Prohibition waned as the nation awoke to the widespread problems Prohibition had caused. The number of repeal organizations — many of which were comprised of former Prohibitionists — increased, and in 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt ran for President on a platform that included the repeal of Prohibition.

On December 5th, 1933, Utah, the final state needed for a three quarters majority, ratified the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition and restoring the American right to a celebratory drink. While the amendment still allowed for state and local levels of Prohibition, by 1966 there were no state laws banning alcohol.

So raise a glass with us on December 5th!

Mahalo!