On Sunday, February 13 at 2:00, join author Adam Krakowski virtually as he discloses the tumultuous side of Vermont's temperance movement. He'll talk about how Vermont became the nation's second dry state in 1853. But some locals refused to comply, and inept law enforcement led to ineffective consequences. Without legalized booze, smugglers imported liquor from Canada, and bootleggers ensured that domestic speakeasies kept the liquor flowing. Crime ran so rampant that Newport, Richford and Lyndonville residents relocated to escape rum-running gangs. Sponsored by the CSC and the Richmond Historical Society. All welcome.
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