Learn about Prohibition in Waukegan at history museum exhibit

The Waukegan History Museum, 1917 N. Sheridan Road in Bowen Park, has a new temporary exhibit "Wet V. Dry: Prohibition in Waukegan." It commemorates the 100th anniversary of the start of Prohibition in Waukegan. Local prohibition was in effect four years before passage of the 18th Amendment. Highlighted in the exhibit is the Temperance Movement, the impact of Women's Suffrage on Prohibition, and the campaign of "Wets" versus "Drys" leading up to the April 6, 1916 vote. On special display is a bottle that contains the last beer brewed by the Waukegan Brewing Company. in 1916. The exhibit will run through 2016. Entrance to the museum and the exhibit is free. The museum is open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m. For information call the museum at (847) 336-1859 or the Waukegan Historical Society at (847) 336-1859, email museum@waukeganhistorical.org, or visit www.waukeganhistorical.org.