Seagrams began production 86 years ago today

Lawrenceburg, IN—In a moment of Indiana history today, on December 5, 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment passed, repealing Prohibition. On the same day, Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., began production of whiskey in Lawrenceburg. At its height, the company employed more than 2,500 workers in the Hoosier state, many of which worked at a separate bottling plan