In 1855, when Chicago\'s recently elected mayor Levi Boone pushed through a law forbidding the sale of alcohol on Sunday, the city pushed back.
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On April 21, 1855, an armed mob poured across the Clark Street Bridge and advanced on city hall.
Beer formed the centerpiece of German Sunday gatherings, and robbing them of it on their only day off was a slap in the face.
To the German community, the move seemed a deliberate provocation from Boone\'s stridently anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party.
In 1855, when Chicago\'s recently elected mayor Levi Boone pushed through a law forbidding the sale of alcohol on Sunday, the city pushed back