Editing Pineville, Louisiana (section)

==History==
[[Louisiana State University]] was founded by the Louisiana General Assembly in 1853. It was founded under the name [[Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy]] and was located near Pineville. The first academic session began on January 2, 1860, with General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] of [[Ohio]] as superintendent.<ref>[[John D. Winters]], ''The Civil War in Louisiana'', [[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University Press]], 1963, {{ISBN|0-8071-0834-0}}, p. 234</ref>

Pineville was historically a "dry" city, with no alcohol legally available in the community. In a referendum held in the 1980s, voters continued to support a ban on alcohol. Mayor Clarence Fields, who took office in 1999, supported holding another referendum to permit the sale of liquor in restaurants. In a [[special election]] in 2013, voters approved liquor sales in restaurants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasos.blob.core.windows.net/graphical-prod/rss/10192013_RSS.xml|title=Rapides: City of Pineville – Permit Alcohol in Restaurants|publisher=lasos.blob.core.windows.net|access-date=October 19, 2013}}</ref>