16th December 1773: Artist's rendering of the Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, December 16, 1773. A group of Bostonians threw tea into Boston harbour as a protest against the British ...

Local News Photos: Boston Tea Party turns 250 years old with reenactments of the revolutionary protest Tea for the reenactment was supplied by the East India Co., the same British company that was ...

The celebration of the Boston Tea Party included scheduled reenactments of the throwing of tea leaves into the city’s harbor and community meetings that preceded the defiant act on Dec. 16, 1773.

By the 1830s, events and people around the Revolution were regarded with reverence. That included reducing an act of extralegal violence to something as domestic, as unthreatening, as a tea party.

Five different blends of tea were thrown into the water during the Boston Tea Party, the December 16 th group said. And they haven’t faded into history – you can still sample and buy them in ...

The Boston Tea Party had very little do with tax hikes. And despite the name, it wasn't a party. But it drew the ire of colonial leaders like George Washington. Now, on the 250th anniversary ...

The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773 as an act of defiance after the passing of the Tea Act by the British parliament granting the East India Trading Company a monopoly on Tea ...

Costumed re-enactors at the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum in Boston, a tourist attraction that will host part of the 250th anniversary of the event on Dec. 16. Sophie Park for The New York Times ...

Quizzes For its 250th anniversary, test your Boston Tea Party knowledge There may be more to Boston’s most famous historical protest than you remember from your school days. Boston Tea Party ...

The 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party was celebrated in grand fashion Saturday night. Crowds gathered outside Faneuil Hall, at the Old South Meeting House, and at Atlantic Wharf to ...

The commemoration of the Boston Tea Party included scheduled reenactments of the throwing of tea leaves into the city’s harbor and community meetings that preceded the defiant act on Dec. 16 ...

Maybe not everyone is as excited as I am about the country’s upcoming 250th birthday in 2026, but I see the 250th Boston Tea Party anniversary as a kick-off to the next few years of celebrations.