![]() ![]() We could use a reminder of the way action inspires hope, and hope inspires action. But that’s all the more reason to celebrate. ![]() After all, it’s only beer, and we’ve got bigger things to think about. It may seem silly to commemorate that day’s 75th anniversary. “President Roosevelt,” read a sign on the side of the truck, “the first real beer is yours.”Īfter 13 dry years, legal beer had returned to the United States. ![]() Secret Service agents accepted the goods, a gift for the chief executive from one of the nation’s brewers. About 800 people stood in the rain outside the White House, watching as a man hopped out of his vehicle and unloaded two cases of beer. in Milwaukee, thousands of onlookers cheered as company employees hoisted barrels and crates onto trucks. In Chicago, harried bartenders scrambled to serve crowds that stood 12 deep. on April 7, 1933, sirens, fire alarms and train whistles shrieked. ![]()
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