Mayor Neal DowPortland's City Hall, site of the rum riot, in 1886
The Portland Rum Riot, also called the Maine Law Riot, and the June Riot by Neal Dow, was a brief but violent period of civil unrest that occurred in Portland, Maine on June 2, 1855, in response to the Maine law which prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the state from 1851.[1]
^Danver, Steven L. (2011). Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellions in American History: An Encyclopedia [3 volumes]: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 365–367. ISBN 978-1-59884-222-7.
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