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03/23/1847 |
Temperance meeting is disrupted by opponents. |
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07/27/1849 |
Rev. Theobold Mathew visits Boston. |
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1852 |
Sale of alcohol is banned in Massachusetts. |
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1874 |
Massachusetts Women’s Christian Temperance Union is established. |
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11/10/1891 |
Women’s Christian Temperance Union holds its first world convention in Boston. |
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1910 |
Smoking is once again regulated. |
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04/29/1911 |
Marijuana possession is made illegal in Massachusetts. |
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01/16/1919 |
Eighteenth Amendment is ratified in Washington D.C. |
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1919 |
Some 50,000 people demonstrate against Prohibition. |
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01/15/1920 |
Funeral is held by Boston liquor lovers. |
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