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1775: Commander of the British army, Major General Sir William Howe, issues a proclamation to the residents of Boston forbidding any person from leaving the city and ordered citizens to organize into military companies in order to "contribute all in his power for the preservation of order and good government within the town of Boston." The British didn't leave Boston until March 27, 1776, after Washington's occupation of Dorchester Heights; More afraid of their own cannon captured at Ft Ticonderoga, than Patriot soldiers, the British swiftly departed, allowing Bostonians to move freely in and out of their own city for the first time in six months. 1919: Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto. The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the 18th Prohibition Amendment. This will result in misery: Despite vigorous efforts by law-enforcement, the Volstead Act failed to prevent the large-scale distribution of alcoholic beverages, and organized crime flourished in America. It was repealed in 1933. Jeeze! bein' able to leave town and have beer ...how inalienable is that! 1992: Duluth, Minnesota mayor cuts the ribbon at the mouth of the brand-new, 1,480-foot–long Leif Erickson Tunnel on Interstate 35. With the opening of the tunnel, that highway—which stretches 1,593 miles, from Mexico all the way to Canada—was finished at last. As a result, the Interstate Highway System was 99.7 percent complete. The tunnel pre-empted a growing discontent in cities cut by interstates as an undesirable influence, destroying nice urban environments. The Duluth Lakewalk Park alongside Lake Superior was installed over the tunnel...Those Duluthians! I tell ya!