1930's Law and Justice | "Date of Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment"

Proclamation

By: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Date: December 5, 1933

Source: President. Proclamation. "Date of Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment: By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation." Presidential Proclamation 2065, Item PP2065, Series PRDOCPI159E23, Record Group 11. Old Military and Civil Records, National Archives Building, Washington, DC. Available online at http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/volstead_... ; website home page: http://www.archives.gov (accessed February 18, 2003).

About the Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) was president of the United States from 1933 to 1945. In the aftermath of the Great Depression (1929–1939), the president implemented an economic recovery program, called the...