October 28, 1919: The Volstead Act
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🗓️ 28 October 2019
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:27.0 | Today is Monday, October 28th, 2019. |
| 0:35.0 | On this day in 1919, the United States Senate overturned President Woodrow Wilson's veto of the Volstead Act. |
| 0:45.0 | In doing so, they ensured nationwide prohibition became the law of the land. |
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| 1:29.0 | Welcome to today in true crime, a parcast original. |
| 1:32.0 | Every day we flip back the calendar to this date years ago |
| 1:36.4 | and recount one event from True Crime History. |
| 1:39.7 | I'm Vanessa Richardson, and today we're discussing the ratification of the Volstead Act. |
| 1:45.7 | Better known as the National Prohibition Act, this piece of legislation allowed the federal government |
| 1:51.7 | to more effectively enforce the National Prohibition on Alcohol |
| 1:55.8 | established by the 18th Amendment. |
| 1:58.8 | Before we unpack the ramifications of the Volstead Act, let's go back to Washington, D.C. on October 28, 1919. Patrick Mallory looked depressingly at the dusty interior of the pub he owned and operated |
| 2:20.0 | for the last 40 years. It had been his father's place originally, |
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