Whatever gadgets you may have. So they dont interfere with our system here. Thank you, now, as you know warehouse tonight is Justice Sonia sotomayor, we are very pleased to have the justice with those tonight. I want to thank her on behalf of the society for giving her time, when we call upon her to participate in events like this. Because its quite important to us, and quite important to you. And we marry much appreciate it. Ill tell you briefly a little bit about the justice. She is a native new yorker, born in the bronx, very unhappy about last nights baseball game i guess, the boston red sox. She did her undergraduate work at princeton, and then to yell last school. Then joined the District Attorney in new york county, as an assistant District Attorney. After several years there in private practice in new york she was a litigator in the International Commercial law. That attracted attention and before long she had become a Federal District judge on the Southern District of new york
Good evening. Im lauren rosenberg. Im so glad that youre here tonight. F. You if youre joining us for a first time, welcome. Now is the perfect time to silence your cell phones or anything else that might make noise during the program. In addition to the many lectures and tours garret peck leads, he presented at the library of congress and the National Archives and temperature prance to the sites is on cspan book tv and ten things you didnt know about with punk rock legend henry rollins. He was featured on a documentary by the smithsonian channel. He is author of seven books including prohibition in washington, d. C. how dry we werent, the prohibition hangover. And the great war in America World war i and its aftermath which was published in 2018. Before we get started, i want to make sure to invite you all to join us in the lobby following his presentation to enjoy a sample of a prohibition era cocktail tanks to torrence swan and founding spirits gin. So now please welcome me in welco
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
You. Before i go further, i am instructed to tell you to please turn off any cell phones, apple watches, what other gadgets you may have, so they do not interfere with our system. Thank you. As you know our host tonight is Justice Sonia sotomayor. We are pleased to have her with us tonight and want to thank or on behalf of the society for giving her time when we call upon her to participate in events like this. It is quite important to us and quite important to you. We very much appreciate it. I will tell you briefly a bit about the justice. She is a native new yorker, born in the bronx, very unhappy about last night baseball game, i gather. Undergraduate work at princeton and went to yale law school, then joined the District Attorney office in New York County as an assistant District Attorney. She was a litigator in the international and commercial law area. That attracted attention and before long, she had become a Federal District judge on the Southern District of new york. Six year
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 leaves at the smithsonian, his temperance tour of prohibition sides has been featured on cspan. He was featured on a twohour documentary about prohibition on the smithsonian channel. Key is the author of seven books, including prohibition in washington, d. C. , how dry we werent. And the great war in america, world war i and its aftermath, which was published in 2018. Before we get started, i want you to invite you to join us in the lobby to sample a prohibition era cocktail. Please join me in welcoming garrett peck. [applause] good evening everyone and thank you for coming out for our wake. Our dry wake. 100 years ago today, about six hours from now, that is the exact moment the National Prohibition began. Today, yes