Yes, it's a real thing.
Back in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially signed the Cullen-Harrison Act on March 22nd, ending Prohibition. April 7th is when beer became legal again. And so, we got a sort of holiday: National Beer Day.
Personally, I believe that Prohibition was a bad thing. It allowed for crime to escalate. There is a reason why the 1920's and early 1930's saw the rise of organized crime in the United States, after all. The end of Prohibition felt like a step in the right direction for the country, at least looking at it from the benefit of hindsight.
We could use something big like that in this country today. Sadly, there is nothing that immediately appears on the verge of happening that will help us the way that I believe Prohibition helped us.
So if you feel like celebrating, perhaps you should make a toast to National Beer Day.
Here's to better times!
Note: this picture was from one of my own posts on Facebook, back in 2018. Below is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10213816889234078&set=a.10200566947993828
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