Hundreds of reenactors from around the country, dressed up in colonist garb, boarded a tall ship and destroyed more than 2,000 pounds of British tea into Boston Harbor. The thousands gathered to watch the theatrical scene went crazy in applause.
Patriotic mobs and harbor tea-dumping returned to Boston on Saturday as the city marked the 250th anniversary of the revolutionary protest that preceded America’s independence.
“When you see the performance, you’ll see how people felt at the time, to bring history back alive, because to read it in a book, that doesn’t necessarily do it justice,” said Ricky McNamara, who is among the re-enactors for the Tea Party events.