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jedbergyesterday at 10:47 PM1 replyview on HN

Why would a bar in Alaska close during prohibition when they weren't part of the USA yet?


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tshaddoxyesterday at 10:51 PM

Alaska wasn't a state yet, but it was part of the United States and thus federal law applied there.

Moreover, Alaska passed its own alcohol prohibition laws before the nation-wide prohibition.

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