US EditionThe Lager Beer Riot of 1855
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The Lager Beer Riot of 1855
Chicago’s first police riot started with beer. In his inaugural speech on March 13, 1855, newly elected, Kentucky-born mayor Levi D. Boone proposed the wholesale prohibition on the sale of alcohol in Chicago or, barring that, a substantial increase in the price of tavern licenses. To enforce his temperance agenda, Boone also outlined his vision […] The post The Lager Beer Riot of 1855 appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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