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Mock Funerals for Booze
- Many New York hotels and restaurants held "farewell" mock funerals for alcohol.
- They had black decorations, funeral dirges, and even miniature coffins as souvenirs.
Billy Sunday's Funeral
- Evangelist Billy Sunday held a celebratory "funeral" for alcohol in the South.
- Mimes pretended to be drunks and devils, symbolizing the banishment of "demon liquor".
Roots of Prohibition
- The Prohibition movement stemmed from the same moral fervor that drove abolition and women's suffrage.
- It was also fueled by racist and nativist sentiments against immigrant communities.