On the evening of December 16, 1773, 250 years ago today, New England colonists disguised as Native Americans calmly boarded three ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea overboard. By ...

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Under cover of night, Colonists boarded the ships, dumped the tea chests and sparked a revolution. Hulton Fine Art Collection/Art Images via Getty Images On the evening of Dec. 16, 1773, a crowd of ...

What if we still had an eyewitness to the Boston Tea Party — or a sort of button-eyed witness to those events? Polly Sumner is a doll that's been on display at Boston's Old State House since 1919.

THIS HISTORICAL REENACTMENT. DON’T GET ME WRONG, 30 THE BOSTON HARBOR BEING TRANSPORTED BACK HUNDREDS OF YEARS IS. SATURDAY MARKS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY, AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ...

I have to say it's probably one of the best jobs if not the best job that I've ever had. So I'm just saying it because I'm on camera. But definitely Katherine Phillip is an actor by trade. But here at ...

This weekend marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. What lessons can be drawn from the protest for business people? December 2023 marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, one ...

In the 250 years since members of the Sons of Liberty boarded ships in Boston Harbor to dump their cargo of imported tea overboard — on Dec. 16, 1773 — the right to protest over inadequate ...

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 ...

Nowadays, Fort Point Channel is a picture of modern Boston. Think bougie hotels, gleaming luxury condominiums, restaurants that serve $30 swordfish kebabs and $20 espresso martinis, young ...