2019-07-19- Gallery Talks - 2018-2019 - Wet as the Atlantic Ocean: Prohibition in New Jersey
The continuation of our
Gallery Talks series with a discussion of the 2018-2019 Richmond
Gallery exhibit, Wet as the Atlantic Ocean: Prohibition in New
Jersey. The 18th Amendment—the measure that made the manufacture,
sale, or transport of alcoholic beverages a federal offense for the
13 years, 10 months, 19 days, and 17 hours of Prohibition—was
repealed in 1933. It is the only Constitution Amendment ever to be
undone. And its doing and undoing were the results of a tug-of-war
between the “Wets” and the “Drys” that played out across the
country.
Peggy Dellinger, Exhibit
Director of the Township of Ocean Historical Museum discusses the
exhibition; Produced by Ted Dellinger; Music is by Bill Madden.
Funding for Hometown
Histories was provided by the New Jersey Cultural Trust.
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