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Roy W Chapman 1919 - 2009

Roy W Chapman of Bonaparte, Van Buren County, IA was born on April 16, 1919, and died at age 90 years old on June 17, 2009.
Roy W Chapman
Bonaparte, Van Buren County, IA 52620
April 16, 1919
June 17, 2009
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  • 04/16
    1919

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    April 16, 1919
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  • 06/17
    2009

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    June 17, 2009
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In 1919, in the year that Roy W Chapman was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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In 1920, he was just 1 year old when speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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