Saelee, Mike. “Prohibition: Topics in Chronicling America.” Library of Congress. Created July 10, 2019. Updated June 12, 2025. https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-prohibition/introduction.
Official Library of Congress research guide timeline identifying January 17, 1920 as the beginning of legal enforcement.
Mike Saelee, “Prohibition: Topics in Chronicling America,” Library of Congress, created July 10, 2019, updated June 12, 2025, https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-prohibition/introduction.
Mike Saelee, “Prohibition: Topics in Chronicling America,” Library of Congress, created July 10, 2019, updated June 12, 2025, https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-prohibition/introduction.
Timeline — January 17, 1920
Saelee, “Prohibition: Topics in Chronicling America.”
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