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The Broad Street Riot was a massive brawl that occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 11, 1837, between Irish Americans and Yankee firefighters. An estimated 800 people were involved in the actual fighting, with at least 10,000 spectators egging them on.
Jul 2, 2020 · Irishwomen and others from the shattered funeral march ran to Broad Street with shrieks for help and fear-embellished claims that the firemen were killing the Irish and that the Yankees had toppled the hearse, smashed open the coffin, pitched the corpse into the street, and desecrated it.
Oct 23, 2018 · Boston, MA, opened one of the first professional fire departments in 1837 - and it was all because of a riot. These facts about the Broad Street Riot prove just how deep bigotry against Irish immigrants ran in Yankee Boston.
On this day in 1837, an Irish funeral procession and a company of Yankee volunteer firefighters came face-to-face in the streets of Boston. Over the next few hours, the two groups and their supporters fought each other in one of the most violent confrontations in the city's history.
Jun 10, 2016 · The Broad Street Riot: When thousands erupted in violence—Catholics and Protestants, citizens and immigrants, the financially secure and the dirt poor—in the streets of a transforming Boston, 179 years ago this week.
Jun 10, 2023 · 11th June 1837: Broad Street Riot takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, Irish and American citizens - YouTube. HistoryPod. 65.2K subscribers. Subscribed. 25. 471 views 10 months ago. Due to...
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THE Broad Street Riot, so called, on the afternoon of June 11, 1837, was an event which of course had great interest for the boys of the period.
