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Secessionitis

The feeling among the Southern members for dissolution of the Union becomes more general.
The Greenwood School Students

A quick look at the students of Greenwood School.
Fiorella LaGuardia

Fiorella LaGuarida was a NY congressman and critic of Prohibition.
Georgetown Bootlegging

Don Ward talks about hiding illegal alcohol in Arlington Cemetery.
Last Call

January 16, 1920 the 18th Amendment came into effect.
Neal Dow

An early prohibitionist, he was the wealthy mayor of Portland, Maine.
Satan's Seat (NYC)

New York was Prohibition's biggest challenge.
The Goons

With the Volstead Act, ordinary criminals became wealthy selling illegal alcohol.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Recovery

FDR begins his slow recovery after polio.
Battle of the Bulge

FDR remained calm when hearing of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.

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