The Boston Tea Party - not the kind of tea party you’d find in a children’s book or high society - was a political protest over British taxes which saw around 100 men board three different ...

More Ships & Museum (L) and Nick Francesescucci Postmaster, Boston, displaying The Repeal of the Stamp Act 1766 stamp at Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum on Friday,July 01, 2016. Staff photo by ...

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.

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 ...

Justin Peavey, a descendant of Boston Tea Party participant Cpt. Edmund Sears, poses for a portrait at the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum in Boston, MA, Dec. 17, 2023. Nathan Klima for The Boston ...

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.

Usually at this time of year, it’s Christmas, Christmas, Christmas. But we have a delightful break with the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. It’s a rare event that brings ...

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.

Today's Tea Party, Ford says, "has nothing to do with us. When I do get calls about the Tea Party movement, it is a simple misunderstanding." Misunderstanding, yes.

The Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum and the city of Boston are joining forces to place commemorative markers at the graves of those who participated in the Dec. 16, 1773 protest.

This month marks the 250th anniversary of The Boston Tea Party, and Samuel Adams beer founder Jim Koch is celebrating by tapping kegs of a new beer, Samuel Adams Green Tea Pale Ale.