Kind of a last minute post for today, but I just had to do something in honor of Repeal Day. This is a photo of my Dad's parents, Cas and Veronica Kowalski, probably some time in the early 1940s. (My grandfather is third from the right, with his hand around my grandmother's waist.) As you can see, they are having a grand old time and enjoying their share of 'spirits.' My grandparents were kids when Prohibition was in effect, but I'm sure they must have remembered their parents and other elders discussing it. It's a shame I never got to ask them about it; I would have liked to know how my great-grandparents got around it. (They were Polish Catholic working-class immigrants - you're telling me they went 14 years without a drink? HA!) So, let's give a toast to Repeal Day!
Cas and Veronica Kowalski having a drink.
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