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Ken Burns | PROHIBITION | Georgetown Bootlegging | PBS

Duration: 01:41
Program: Prohibition #102
Broadcast Date: Oct. 2, 2011

Don Ward talks about his father, Paul hiding illegal alcohol in Arlington Cemetery

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Post Date: September 26, 2011