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Four descendants remember the risks taken by their ancestors in standing up to the British in 1773 and tossing tea into Boston Harbor.

BOSTON — (TNS) Tea bags are coming in from all over the U.S. for a semiquincentennial bash in Boston.

Dec. 16 marks the Boston Tea Party’s 250th Anniversary, with reenactments, retrospectives, and, of course, the dumping of British tea into the Boston Harbor.

Dec. 16 marks the Boston Tea Party’s Semiquincentennial, with a variety of reenactments, retrospectives, and, of course, the demonstrational dumping of British tea into the Boston Harbor. Spearheading these efforts is Revolution 250, a consortium of more than 70 Massachusetts organizations working to make all of the day’s events.

On the night of Dec. 16, 1773, more than one hundred Colonists dressed as Native Americans swarmed Griffin’s Wharf and dumped forty-six tons of tea into

Dec. 16 marks the Boston Tea Party’s Semiquincentennial, with a variety of reenactments, retrospectives, and, of course, the demonstrational dumping of British tea into the Boston Harbor. Spearheading these efforts is Revolution 250, a consortium of more than 70 Massachusetts organizations working to make all of the day’s events.

Driven insane by jealousy a doctor in Bloomfield committed murder in broad daylight in Bloomfield in 1898, according to local historian.