When liquor Prohibition ended
Members of the state Liquor Control Board and Gov. Martin in 1934. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives) Dec. 5 might not be a red-letter day for most of us, but it’s significant for U.S. constitutional scholars and those who came of age during the Great Depression. It was on this date in 1933 when Prohibition was repealed thanks to the ratification of the 21st Amendment to our nation’s Constitution, thus ending a 13-year period when Americans couldn’t make, possess…