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Prohibition

Frances Perkins, One of America’s Most Influential Women, Remains Unrecognized

September 23, 2020 by James S. Kaplan 3 Comments

Frances Perkins meets with American workersFrances Perkins, who served as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor in all four terms of his administration, is often credited with designing many of the New Deal’s social welfare programs, including Social Security.  As such, she ranks among the most influential women of the 20th Century.

Few however, know that Perkins began her career in the Hell’s Kitchen area of the city of New York, work that as inspired inn part by a chance meeting an Irish Tammany Hall District Leader Tom McManus. [Read more…] about Frances Perkins, One of America’s Most Influential Women, Remains Unrecognized

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Al Smith, Albany, FDR, Frances Perkins, Greenwich Village, Housing, Labor History, New Deal, New York City, Political History, Prohibition, Tammany Hall, womens history

Prohibition One-Liners From 1920

August 28, 2020 by Maury Thompson Leave a Comment

The Drunkard's Progress: A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement, January 1846Oh what pun it is to chuckle over Prohibition one-liners published in 1920 issues of The Post-Star, a daily newspaper of Glens Falls, NY. [Read more…] about Prohibition One-Liners From 1920

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: beer, Glens Falls, liquor, Prohibition

Prohibition Program In Ticonderoga Sept 11th

August 27, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Dumping beer courtesy Library of CongressThe Ticonderoga Historical Society is set to present “Our Best Endeavors: Temperance and Prohibition in the Champlain Valley,” a presentation by Susan Evans McClure, Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, on Friday, September 11 at 6 pm. [Read more…] about Prohibition Program In Ticonderoga Sept 11th

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Prohibition, Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga Historical Society

New Projects to Preserve, Celebrate Champlain Valley Heritage

July 25, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

lake champlain basin programThe Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (CVNHP) and Lake Champlain Basin Program awarded more than $200,000 in grants to organizations in Vermont, New York and Québec for projects that promote and protect the region’s history in 2020 and 2021.

Smuggling, bootlegging, and moonshining are among the stories of the Champlain Valley’s past that will be highlighted. [Read more…] about New Projects to Preserve, Celebrate Champlain Valley Heritage

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Champlain Valley, Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, Grants, Historic Preservation, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Basin Program, Prohibition

July 1931: Prohibition Agents Seize A Still Near Lake George

July 8, 2020 by John Warren Leave a Comment

Prohibition Agents Seize StillDuring Prohibition the social life of so many Americans was made criminal overnight. Here’s a little nugget from the July 2, 1931 Ticonderoga Sentinel.

One wonders if the men arrested here ever served any hard time. I suspect they did. [Read more…] about July 1931: Prohibition Agents Seize A Still Near Lake George

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Hague, Lake George, Prohibition, State Police, Warren County

Distilled Truth About Prohibition (Podcast)

May 8, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Richard Hamm discusses what really happened during Prohibition. Hamm is co-editor of Prohibition’s Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth About America’s Anti-Alcohol Crusade (LSU Press, 2020). [Read more…] about Distilled Truth About Prohibition (Podcast)

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: beer, Books, liquor, Podcasts, Prohibition

Temperance and Prohibition in the Champlain Valley

February 23, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

lake champlain basin programThe Lake Champlain Basin Program is set to host Susan Evans McClure, Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, who will present “Our Best Endeavors: Temperance and Prohibition in the Champlain Valley” on Thursday, February 27th. [Read more…] about Temperance and Prohibition in the Champlain Valley

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: beer, Champlain Valley, Crime and Justice, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Basin Program, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Prohibition

A Long Island History of Alcohol

November 26, 2019 by Chris Kretz 1 Comment

long island history project logoLong Island has a long and complicated history with alcohol stretching back to the first Dutch settlers. From early distilleries and breweries on the western end of the Island to the emergence of temeperance societies in Sag Harbor, alcohol has played a continuing role in the life of the people.

The culmination came in 1920 when Prohibition went into effect. For the next thirteen years, the manufacture, sale and distribution of intoxicating liquours was probibited. Until Prohibition was repealed in 1933, Long Island was in for a wild time as rum runners vied with the coast guard, police raided speakeasies, and every person had to decide for themselves how they would handle the challenges and opportunities that arose. [Read more…] about A Long Island History of Alcohol

Filed Under: History Tagged With: beer, Long Island, Podcasts, Prohibition

Prohibition and Rockland County

November 21, 2019 by Clare Sheridan Leave a Comment

crossroads of rockland historyThe November 2019 “Crossroads of Rockland History,” focuses on how the Volstead Act (Prohibition) changed Rockland County. Rockland County Historian Craig Long discusses several topics, including bootlegging, stills, law enforcement and the connection between religious revivalism, women’s suffrage and prohibition. Long also recounted what he learned from his interviews of local residents in the 1980s who had lived through prohibition in Suffern, NY. [Read more…] about Prohibition and Rockland County

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Podcasts, Prohibition, Rockland County

Stewart-Cousins to be Latest Historic State Senate Leader

December 23, 2018 by Randall Whitestone 1 Comment

Senator RF Wagner Andrea Stewart-Cousins is positioned to become the first woman and first African-American state senate majority leader in New York state history after the New Year. Ms. Stewart-Cousins, a Yonkers resident, is currently the Democratic leader in the senate, a chamber her party will now control, with 39 seats out of 63, following the November elections.

It’s the first time Democrats will control the body in almost a decade, and their largest majority ever. (In fact, Democrats have only controlled the upper chamber for three years since World War II).

A few of Ms. Stewart-Cousins’ predecessors have also achieved prominence: [Read more…] about Stewart-Cousins to be Latest Historic State Senate Leader

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Al Smith, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, JJ Walker, Labor History, Manhattan, Nelson Rockefeller, New York City, Political History, politics, Prohibition, Robert Wagner, Roscoe Conkling, Tammany Hall, womens history

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