Arlington author Garrett Peck features Washington’s underground alcohol culture in his newest book, “Prohibition in Washington, DC: How Dry We Weren’t.” Peck set out to study speakeasies, bootleggers and vintage cocktails to learn how a city so full of drinking kept passing laws to keep America sober. How was Prohibition different in D.C.?

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