Historian, author, and tour garrett peck. Tool hasrance related been featured on cspan, book tv, and a program with henry rollins. He was featured on a documentary history channel. He is the author of 11 books including prohibition in washington, d. C. how dry we werent. Prohibition was a before we get started i want to invite all of you to join us in the lobby following the presentation to enjoy a sample cocktailibition era courtesy of sounding spirits gin. Ding spirits garrettet me introduce peck. [applause] peck thank you, everyone for joining me at our wake, our try wake. We will commemorate we are not going to celebrate this. Adventure tonight we will have a chance to celebrate with a french 75 cocktail in the lobby. I appreciate everyone coming year, and as well for cspan2 come out and film asir for the national audience. Thank you so much. This is a rather triggering image, especially for a year drinker like myself. They are pouring beer into the sewer its a tragic. When i cover
it is your support that makes this possible. if you are joining us for the first time, an open invitation to explore the wide range of activities we offer at smithsonian associates. now is the perfect time to silence your cell phones. we are thrilled tonight to welcome author garrett peck back to the smithsonian. in addition to the many tours he leads for smithsonian associates , he has presented at the library of commerce and the national archives. his tempered tour has been featured on c-span book tv and history channel programs, 10 things you did not know about with punk rock legend henry rollins. he was featured on a to our documentary on the smithsonian channel and is the author of seven books, including prohibition in washington, d.c., how dry we weren t. [laughter] the prohibition hangover, alcohol in america, from demon rum to called cabernet. and the great war in america, world war i and its aftermath, which was published in 2018. before we get started, i want to inv