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*[[1907]] – | *[[1907]] – Alcohol banned in Charlottesville after vote to go "dry." Alcohol stopped flowing legally when city residents cast their vote on whether to make Charlottesville "dry." This year, thirteen towns in Virginia also voted on local options to make the manufacture, distribution, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverages prohibited. Virginia went dry a few years prior to the country's banning of alcohol (prohibition) in [[1920]]. Since the 21st Amendment repealed nationwide Prohibition in the United States [[1933]], alcohol prohibition legislation has been left to the discretion of each state. |
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- 1907 – Alcohol banned in Charlottesville after vote to go "dry." Alcohol stopped flowing legally when city residents cast their vote on whether to make Charlottesville "dry." This year, thirteen towns in Virginia also voted on local options to make the manufacture, distribution, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverages prohibited. Virginia went dry a few years prior to the country's banning of alcohol (prohibition) in 1920. Since the 21st Amendment repealed nationwide Prohibition in the United States 1933, alcohol prohibition legislation has been left to the discretion of each state.