Maritime Smuggling on Long Island: From Pirates to Rumrunners

Program Type:

History & Genealogy, Lecture, Online

Age Group:

Adult

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Event Description

Join historian, author, and former Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer to learn why pirates like Captain Kidd were attracted to Long Island at the turn of the 18th century. Also learn why Long Island was so attractive to bootleggers during Prohibition that it became known as Rum Row and was frequented by bootleggers like William “The Real McCoy” McCoy and gangsters like Dutch Schultz.

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