Down the Drain weekend-getaway ahead of its anticipated schedule

ahead of its anticipated schedule

When the assembly line first went into full swing in 1913 in Dearborn

it was not unusual for more thanÊone million people to hit the beach at Coney Island on a hot summer day

as well as a rich sporting legacy that culminated in Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard Round the World

Down the Drain weekend-getaway ahead of its anticipated scheduleYou can almos+C702t imagine federal agents telling bootleggers, "If you have tears, prepare to shed them now," as they pour 350,000 gallons of illegal liquor into the Chicago River. The agents seized the barrels of wine, beer and whiskey in raids in and around Chicago on April 6, 1922. The 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919, prohibiting the production, sale and distribution of alcohol. The Prohibition Era lasted until Dec. 5, 1933. Federal agents