But these two tea parties have something else in common: poking fun at the elaborate upper-class English ritual of evening tea. The Boston Tea Party was not called by that elegant name till the 1830s.

Boston is celebrating a significant anniversary this weekend, and you can join in on all the historic fun when the festivities start. The 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party falls on ...

5 fun facts about the Boston Tea Party. Here are a few things you may not know about the historic event, courstey of Shawn P. Ford, executive director of the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum.

Make-A-Wish recipient Benjamin O., 19, and his parents, Karen and Kelly, visited the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum for the 250th anniversary of the storied protest. Courtesy of Michael Blanchard ...

Fun Fact: The Boston Tea Party occurred in 1773, but the term wasn’t used until a newspaper report in 1825. The colonists defined the term “party” as an organized event that is celebrated ...

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 ...

‘30 Rock’: The Boston Tea Party. By Meredith Blake. Jan. 22, 2010 8:56 AM PT . ... While it’s certainly the right week to make fun of Massachusetts, the ribbing seemed a tad harsh, ...

The 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, a pivotal event on the road to the American Revolution, was marked with a series of events in the city on Saturday, culminating in a reenactment of ...

The Brazos River may be a far cry from Boston Harbor, but that didn’t stop Baylor University history students from recreating the Boston Tea Party in its 250th anniversary year.

Nearly 100 years after the Boston Tea Party, on Dec. 15, 1873, the New England Women’s Suffrage Association organized a large rally in the Great Hall called the “Women’s Tea Party,” and ...

Response to the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party is seen as a pivotal turning point that led to America’s independence, which helped accelerate colonial disdain for the British.