Rum Running in Rhode Island Waters during Prohibition | South County Museum Summer Speaker Series

Christian McBurney, historian and author of Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay: The Coast Guard’s War on Rumrunners (History Press, 2023), will speak on rum running in Rhode Island waters during Prohibition.

Registration is not required. Visit the museum’s website for more information.

The Summer Speaker Series is free lectures and presentations by local historians, authors, and traditional craftspeople to mark the Museum’s 90th birthday. Series topics will include the connection of Rhode Island’s textile mills to the slavery economy, encounters among the Narragansett people and Roger Williams, and the history of trap fishing in the state.