I just learned an interesting factoid: on this date in 1933, my own home state of Utah ratified the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, casting the critical vote that established a three-quarters majority and overturned Prohibition. Yes, that’s right: because of Utah, the nation was able to start drinking again. Well, legally drinking, anyway. Ironic, considering a lot of modern-day Utahns would probably like to bring back Prohibition, and our local liquor laws seem designed to make getting a drink as inconvenient as possible without outright banning the stuff. But that’s history for you. Times change.

This website here has information about the event, including the text of the 21st Amendment and the one it repealed, the 18th Amendment, as well as a proposal that this should be a national holiday in tribute to our Constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms… especially the one that allows us to get plastered if we so choose. Now that’s a holiday I can get behind…