National Beer Day in the United States! It marks the day that the Cullen–Harrison Act was enacted after having been signed into law by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt on March 22, 1933. After years of prohibition in the United States since 1920, the Cullen–Harrison Act legalized beer with an alcohol content of 3.2% (by weight) and wine of similarly low alcohol content, thought to be too low to be intoxicating.
It became effective on April 7, 1933. After signing the legislation, Roosevelt made his famous quote, “I think this would be a good time for a beer.” Since then, April 7th has been declared National Beer Day, and April 6, the day before National Beer Day, is known as New Beer’s Eve.
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