Men in tricorn hats and women in long dresses filled Downtown Crossing. Redcoats were jeered in Post Office Square. And, everywhere, the sound of fifes-and-drums wafted through the city. Shouts of “Huzzah!” and “Dump It!” echoed as reenactors of the Sons of Liberty dumped tea from all over the world into Boston Harbor on Saturday night.
Today marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, an iconic moment in American history. Not surprisingly, Marietta has connections to it. American colo
The Boston Tea Party is often cited as a model of peaceful civil protest. But, as Elinor Evans reveals, on the 250th anniversary of this milestone in America’s foundational story, it occurred against a backdrop of bloodshed