Aurora's Temperance Movement

Enjoy a glass of [non-alcoholic] prohibition punch and learn about the temperance movement in Aurora!

Readers of the Aurora Beacon in the 1870s were well aware of what the local temperance movement was up to; nearly every issue of the Beacon featured news of their meetings, writings, and other activities. They spent decades on the offensive until the passage of the 18th Amendment in 1920, which placed them on the defensive for the first time. In this program, you'll learn how the Aurora Temperance Movement operated and evolved from the 1870s all the way to the end of the Prohibition Era in 1933.

*Prohibition punch is a non-alcoholic drink inspired by Roxana Doran's 1930 recipe book "Prohibition Punches".

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