Prohibition - The Volstead Act

18th Amendment to the Constitution

In twenties' dawn, a nation took a stand,
Prohibition's decree swept o'er the land,
No liquor's touch, no spirits to be found,
A legal ban, in firm and moral bound.

From twenty to thirty-three it held,
A time when alcohol's allure was quelled,
But in the shadows, bootleggers arose,
Criminal empires, power they did impose.

Yet in the midst of this tempestuous age,
A lesson learned from history's page,
Forbidding what desires compel to crave,
Can lead to consequences, dark and grave.

Prohibition's tale, a cautionary lore,
Of laws that shaped the past forevermore.