Well it beats Love Day. And its a real holiday, too, proclaimed as such by the mayor of a great American city (well, Milwaukee):
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has proclaimed today as Beer Day, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the day in 1933 that beer sales again became legal, as Prohibition drew to a close.
April 7, 1933 saw the first blows struck against the Volstead Act. The last stake wouldn't be driven through the heart of Prohibition until later that year, and these first efforts came too late to stem the tide of lawlessness and gangsterism that is the inevitable result of such measures - back in those day, it only took a decade and a half for people to come to their senses. Nevertheless, the march of freedom is always to be greeted with celebration. If only I could think of a proper way to commemorate the occasion...
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