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April 11th at 2:00pm – 3:00pm

204 South State Street, Saybrook, IL

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Join Candace Summers, Senior Director of Education at the McLean County Museum of History, for an illustrated program about Prohibition in McLean County—which may not seem like a place where bootlegging and rum running flourished in the early 20th century, but it did! This presentation will explore the who, what, and why of Prohibition in this area, and why it ultimately failed.

This free, public, program will be held at the Cheney's Grove Township Library in Saybrook, Illinois on Thursday, April 11 at 2 p.m.

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Join Candace Summers, Senior Director of Education at the McLean County Museum of History, for an illustrated program about Prohibition in McLean County—which may not seem like a place where bootlegging and rum running flourished in the early 20th century, but it did! This presentation will explore the who, what, and why of Prohibition in this area, and why it ultimately failed.

This free, public, program will be held at the Cheney's Grove Township Library in Saybrook, Illinois on Thursday, April 11 at 2 p.m.