On March 22, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed a change to the Volstead Act that allowed the sale of beer containing up 3.2% alcohol by weight.
The changes to the law went into effect on April 7, 1933.
The full repeal of Prohibition was to wait until December 1933.
In the Schuylkill County community of Tower City, Frank Mione’s Cafe put out this advertisement celebrating the return of beer to their business.
Read more about Prohibition in the Coal Region
Prohibition officially arrives in Schuylkill County | January 17, 1920
“Ice cream unrivaled” – How Yuengling survived Prohibition
A ‘wet’ Christmas in the Coal Region during Prohibition
The day beer returned to Schuylkill County – 1933
“LIQUOR SCARCE” – The quiet end of Prohibition in Pottsville and Schuylkill County
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