No. 2: Watch and Ward Society bans Whitman in Boston

Members of upper echelons of Hub society, known as Boston Brahmins, led a vigilante campaign for decades to ban any works of art or literature that they deemed "immoral." Their passion for the task made "Banned in Boston" a national catch phrase, and sometimes was used to promote the targets to boost sales. The group was called the Watch and Ward Society and was composed mainly of ministers. On the list of banned books, for instance, were Walt Whitman's epic poem "Leaves of

Members of upper echelons of Hub society, known as Boston Brahmins, led a vigilante campaign for decades to ban any works of art or literature that they deemed "immoral." Their passion for the task made "Banned in Boston" a national catch phrase, and sometimes was used to promote the targets to boost sales. The group was called the Watch and Ward Society and was composed mainly of ministers. On the list of banned books, for instance, were Walt Whitman's epic poem "Leaves of Grass," the World War…