The Broad Street Riot occured on June 11, 1837. The riot began when a company of Englishfirefighters met with an Irish funeral procession on Broad Street in Boston. Fighting broke out, and eventually 1000 people were included in the melee, though no one was killed. Several houses were broken into and vandalised, and the rioters launched rocks and other missiles at each other. The fight was eventually broken up by the military, and 17 people were forced to pay reparations. June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... | Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Riots occur when crowds of people have gathered and are committing crimes or acts of violence usually due to a perceived grievance or out of dissent. ... Look up English in Wiktionary, the free dictionary As an adjective, English refers to anything from or pertaining to England. ... Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ...
The Riot in Pop Culture
The riot was used as the basis of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones song "Riot on Broad Street." The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were a ska-core band from Boston, Massachusetts (Bosstones being a play on Boston). They are credited, along with bands such as Operation Ivy and The Suicide Machines, with creating the ska-core genre, a form of ska punk that mixes to various degrees elements of...
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