Reading, Pennsylvania: The City That Nullified the Dry Law

2025-11-28T09:08:53-04:00September 27th, 2025|Organized Crime, Organized-Crime, Prohibition|0 Comments

In 1929, at the height of Prohibition, Reading, Pennsylvania was pictured as a city where the Volstead Act was little more than a farce. Dubbed the capital of Pennsylvania’s beer belt, Reading carried on its long brewing tradition almost as if the Eighteenth [...]