The 100th anniversary of the start ofProhibition was the theme for the New Jersey Maritime Museum fundraiser at its Beach Haven site on Sept. 14. And according to the guest speaker, Southern RegionalHigh School history teacher Jeffrey Brown, New Jersey wasn’t exactly thrilled with theidea of the constitutional ban on the sale, manufacture and distribution of liquor.

“New Jersey was the last state in the union to ratify the 18th Amendment to bringabout Prohibition and was the first state to…