State troops to the rescue in Boston Size:M: 60 x 40cm Superstition and Fanaticism

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State troops to the rescue in Boston Size:M: 60 x 40cm Superstition and FanaticismState troops to the rescue in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1919. A Company going on duty during the city's Police Strike, which broke out on 9 September 1919. Widespread civil disorder broke out in the city and the Massachusetts Militia was deployed to restore order. US President Woodrow Wilson desribed the strike as a crime against civilization. State Governor Calvin Coolidge intervened to end the strike, sacking 1100 of the striking officers and