Sterling Silver Prohibtion Prize Presented to A.C. Yeager

Sterling Silver Prohibition Medal presented to A. C. Yeager. This particular prohibition prize medal was created in 1886 by William Jennings Demorest. He was a well-known leader of the temperance movement, having run for mayor representing the Prohibition Party, and even helped to found a Temperance Town in Georgia named after him.
Prohibition Era campaigns were organized for school children to discourage the consumption of alcohol. These campaigns took the form of elocution contests where these young children were given the opportunity to recite speeches written by prominent leaders of the temperance movement with the hope that the children would take these leaders’ words to heart and be deterred from drinking when they were older. Winners of these contests were awarded silver medals along with the opportunity to move onto higher competitions where they could win gold or diamond ones.