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Today in History, July 23rd
http://www.workdayminnesota.org/history/07/23
Henry David Thoreau
July 23, 1846
Protesting slavery and the U.S. involvement in the Mexican War, Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his $1 poll tax and was put in jail by the Concord, Massachusetts, town constable. The experience moved him to write his landmark work, Civil Disobedience.
