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Leominster: 1830's: Mr. Palmer Arrested for Wearing a Beard

987 views · Published 12 February 2012 · 2:31 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: georgef551 · 2012 · Education

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If there was one famous Leominsterite, besides that one who spread apple seeds, was Mr. Palmer, a tortured soul in the 1830's.
He wore a huge beard and wore it proud, when beards were not in style. People actually were outraged by his beard, and would leave their homes, work, or stop what they were doing, just to taunt him, and make his life miserable. Things got way out of control eventually, in which riots ensued wherever he was, and they'd follow him. Keep in mind, riots in 1830 aren't as overdone as today's, for the most part.
These riots got to the point that the Police would get involved, and each time it happened, the Police arrested =HIM= for causing a disturbance! 
He never let the people get to him. He'd mind his own business, an angry mob forms around him, get arrested for wearing a beard.

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