Discusses the rise and fall of the 13 year experiment in america. Hes the author of prohibition, alcohol in america, from demon run, 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 thank you. Its your ongoing support that makes things like this possible. If youre joining us for the first time the wide range of programs that we offer at smithsonian and associates. Thats the perfect time to silence your cellphones or anything else that might make noise during the program. We are thrilled tonight to welcome author, historian, carat pack, in addition to the many tours he leads his temperance tour of probation related sites has been featured on cspan, book tv, and history tv program, ten things you didnt know about with punk rock legend, henri rollins. Hes the author of seven books including probation in washington d. C. Have dry we werent. The probation hangover. Demon run to cabernet. Wor
Associates, hes been featured on cspan, and the luxury channel. Hes been featured in the National Archives and often speaks in literary, clubs and trade associations. Before i turned over to garrett i want to thank our friends for generously donating their gym at for preparing the world war one cocktail samples that we will taste after the presentation. Please join me in welcoming garrett pack. [applause] thank you all for coming out tonight on the publication day of my nubuck. The seventh day. World war i and its aftermath. Im very grateful to be here today. Even more thrilled about the fact that cspan is here tonight. First of the nation can watch as well. Over the next hour or so i want to talk about world war i and its importance to the United States and to the world as well. This may come as a surprise to people but world war i is the most important war of the 20th century. Yes it did say that. Not world war two. World war i. World war ii is the bloody sequel where they had to fil
Bills which rolled back the income tax increases that were passed during world war i. And the leading social movements on the left, labor unions and the socialist party, both lost members during the war. In fact, the socialist party was never really a factor in american politics again after the 1920 election. And people on the left, whether people we consider to be liberals, former progressives or radicals were all on the offensive during the 1920s. The most popular president in the 1920s, Calvin Coolidge who took office in 1923, when harding died of a heart attack and then was reelected by a landslide in 1924 famously said in the mid1920s, the business of america is business. It was a prosperous time for a lot of americans, though certainly not all. Stock prices were fairly high. Wages were either stable or going up, depending on what occupation you were in. Farmers are not doing as well as theyve done during world war i when farm prices went really high as they often do in wars but n
Good evening. I am lauren, with smithsonian associates. Im very glad youre here tonight. To our ongoing members thank you for your support. You are making this possible. We welcome you to use the programs we offer here at smithsonian associates. Now is the perfect time to silence your cellphones or anything else that might make noise during the program. Were thrilled tonight to offer historian and tour guide garrett peck back to the smithsonian. In addition to the tour as he leads, he has presented a library to congress in the national car archives. His work has been published on the history channel, cspan. He was featured in a two hour documentary but prohibition by this mouth sonia channel. He was featured in a book called how dry we werent. Alcohol in america, the great world wars of america, published in 2018. Before we get started i want you to join us in the lobby after the presentation to enjoy a sample of the prohibition cocktail think to founding spirits jim. Now i want you to
Only institution in america charted by congress to disseminate of the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. So great to hear those wonderful words who arent spying Mission Statements here in the beautifully renovated kimble theater. And just a few months ago we opened up this gorgeous new space, renovated with a great interpreter you or hear me hearing me from the stateoftheart cool ted top microphones and beautiful new seats. What a thrill to see so many people here to celebrate the opening of the return of our great exhibit, american spirits. applause i want you to go see it after the show if youve not seen it yet. Cspan viewers, i want you to come to philadelphia to see this beautiful exhibit which tells an amazing constitutional story that we are going to talk about tonight. That is the constitutional story that poses an incredible question. How did it happen . How did it happen . That america voluntarily hookup by a vote of 46 states and only two states the same th