MN State Capitol
Minnesota State Capitol Mall – John Ireland Blvd.
“This new boulevard was named in 1961 at the instigation of the Ancient Order of Hibernians…
Unfortunately he burned all his papers before his death, making it difficult for the historian to fully comprehend [Archbishop] Ireland’s contributions.”
-Don Boxmeyer, Donald Empson, Kathleen M. Vadnais. The Street Where You Live: A Guide to the Place Names of St. Paul
January 17, 2013 – the blue hour, 10th and Temperance*
January 17th, 1919 – Minnesota became the 39th state in the Union to ratify the XVIIIth Amendment to the Constitution. Ten months later, overriding Wilson’s veto, Congress enacted the Volstead Act.
*Temperance runs the length of two blocks only, between Eighth and Tenth Streets in downtown St. Paul. …life preserver -8th Street South, Minneapolis.
