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signing the Act, “I think this would be a good time for a beer.” On that “first” National Beer Day, April 7th, 1933, 1.5 million barrels of beer were consumed across the country. Technically, the very FIRST National Beer Day was first officially celebrated (by today’s standards) in 2009. We can give a hearty “thanks” to a man named Justin Smith in Richmond, VA, as he had created a Facebook page dedicated to the holiday where eventually it went viral on numerous social media pages. The ultimate honor and recognition to the viral Facebook
Brew Time by KRISTIN MERRITT
April 7th: National Beer Day The title of the article speaks for itself – It’s time to celebrate BEER! How did this national holiday come about? It all dates back to the year 1933, where on the date of April 7th, the finality of the Cullen-Harrison Act, signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was enacted, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) with the enactment of the Twenty-First Amendment to the US Constitution. Even Roosevelt himself was thirsty for a change, as he was quoted upon
page was given by the popular beer app Untappd who created a National Beer Day badge for April 7th, rewarding persons who checked in a beer on that date. In 2017, National Beer Day was officially recognized by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe; and today, the hashtag
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#NationalBeerDay trends on social media on April 7th every year. In honor of National Beer Day, I’ll leave you with some fun facts about laws still on the books in states around the country, that you can share with your friends and family while celebrating this year on Wednesday, April 7th. Cheers! In Alaska, it’s actually illegal to be drunk in a bar – no bar-hopping, because it’s illegal to enter a bar while drunk, and you’ll be booted from the premises if you
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Framed photo of FDR at Coleman’s Bar
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