Double Action Jackson Wrote:
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> Wash Post article back in 1977. NOVA people wanted
> to raise beer drinking age from 18 to 19. It went
> thru several years later.
>
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/0
> 1/19/beer-drinking-age-rise-argued-in-va-assembly/
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> I though people could buy hard liquor at age 18 in
> Va. In the 80's .I was wrong, looks like its
> always been 21. I rarely drank hard liquor or went
> in a ABC store and the crowd I was with had
> several over 21 when I was a bit younger and they
> brought hard liquor to parties. By the 80's I was
> well past 21 and did not hang with people that
> young.
Interesting article.
One that appeared later, in the early part of '79, seemed to cite the Fort Hunt Fire as another reason to raise the drinking age.
Maybe this thread and the Fort Hunt Fire thread should now be merged.