Welcome to JJ Foley's Cafe, *** Boston bar and institution that survived prohibition. Thanks to Jeremiah Foley's hard working and creative grandfather. Was he selling more than cheese? Yes. January ...

In 1728, as a group of residents in the western part of Chester County sought to create a more locally administered county, their petition to the authorities mentioned that “thieves, vagabonds and ill ...

When the 18th Amendment took effect in January 1920, America's drinking culture didn't disappear. It shifted into kitchens, speakeasies, and cookbooks. Here's the thing most people miss. This wasn't ...

SHOW ME ST. LOUIS- The glitz and glamour of the roaring 20's come to life inside the latest exhibit to stop at the Missouri History Museum. "We are in American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of ...

Ordering a beer at Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse during LancasterHistory's June 4 History Happy Hour program will be a lot less risky than it was nearly 100 years ago, when the location doubled as a ...

A century ago, Harford County was swimming in spirits. Prohibition was law but, in Maryland’s outlier counties, liquor flowed. Moonshiners ran stills in the old barns and deep woods, and bootleggers ...

The making of a radical reform -- Bootleg, moonshine, and home brew -- Selective enforcement -- Gestures of daring, signs of revolt -- Citizen warriors -- New political loyalties -- Building the penal ...