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Event: Prohibition in Lake County, Fifth Annual Lake County History Symposium

Nov
2

Prohibition in Lake County, Fifth Annual Lake County History Symposium

Dunn Museum  will host its Fifth Annual Lake County History Symposium on  “Prohibition in Lake County” at the Dunn Museum, 1899 W. Winchester Road, Libertyville, IL  at 10 am until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday,  November 2nd, 2019.

Open to the public, this annual symposium focuses on Lake County history. Join us for a fascinating series of presentations on Going Dry: Pre-Prohibition Lake County, Ballots, Babes and Beer, and Al Capone in Waukegan.

There will be posters presented by local historical societies:

  • Colonel Asbel V. Smith, a WWII war hero, was Lake County State’s Attorney from 1921 to 1933, during the Prohibition era.
  • By Popular Vote: Highland Park was Dry for 104 Years
  • Gangsters and Prohibition
  • Wet or Dry in Libertyville?
  • Grayslake: From Saloons to Stills

For further information, please contact the Dunn Museum at 847) 968-3400.  Admission is $5 for 12 to 17 year olds and $10 for adults, includes Museum admission. Teacher professional development hours available.

Al Capone in Waukegan
Podcast

Find out what Al Capone – as well as other notorious gangsters – were doing in Waukegan and throughout Lake County during the Prohibition era.

Ty Rohrer, Manager of Cultural Arts, Waukegan Park District

www.waukeganhistorical.org

Recorded at the Bess Bower Dunn Museum on November 2, 2019

 

Ballots, Babes and Beer
Podcast

Explore the relationship between women’ suffrage and Prohibition in Illinois – hoe the desire for Prohibition sparked women’s interest in voting, and also fueled the drinking opposition.

Debbie Fandrei, Museum Curator, The Raupp Museum

THE RAUPP MUSEUM

Recorded at the Bess Bower Dunn Museum on November 2, 2019

 

Going Dry: Pre-Prohibition Lake County
Podcast

Prior to Prohibition, there was a united effort to impose temperance at the local level. This presntation discussed the history of pre-Prohibition efforts to elinimate saloons and prevent consumption of alcoholic beverages in Lake County from the 1840s to 1910s.

Diana Dretske, Curator, Bess Bower Dunn Museum and Al Westerman, Independent Scholar

Recorded November 2, 2019 at the Bess Bower Dunn Museum