Hes the author of the prohibition hangover and prohibition in washington, d. C. , how dry we werent. Good evening. Im Lauren Rosenberg with Smithsonian Associates. Im so glad youre here tonight. To our members, welcome. Its our ongoing support that makes events like this possible. If youre joining us for the first time, an equally warm welcome and invitation to explore the programs we offer at smithsonian institutes. Now is the perfect time to silence your cell phones or anything else that might make noise during the program. Were thrilled to welcome author, historian and tour guide garrett peck back to the smithsonian. Garrett has presented at the library of congress and the National Archives and his temperance toward our prohibition sites has been featured on cspan, book tv and History Channel program 10 things you didnt know about with henry rollins. He was featured on a document about prohibition by the smithsonian channel. Hes the author of several books including how dry we weren
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