Celebrate 244th Anniversary Of The Boston Tea Party

London's East India Company to Provide 220+ lbs of Expired Loose Tea to be Thrown Overboard & Boston Hotels, Restaurants, Bars Offer a Dose of Patriotism with Tea-inspired Specials and Cocktails in December

The Boston Tea Party comes alive in December! Taking place at Boston's Old South Meeting House and the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, the 244th Boston Tea Party Anniversary & Annual Reenactment offers the public to experience one of America's most iconic public protests at one of the largest moving historical reenactments in the U.S. More than 100 reenactors tell the story of The Boston Tea Party and theatrically recreate the evening of December 16, 1773 which sparked the American Revolution. It begins with a fiery tea tax debate at Old South Meeting House, the historic hall where the colonists gathered 244 years ago. Then, the public joins a procession led by fife & drummers to the waterfront and witnesses the Sons of Liberty destroy actual loose [expired] tea from London's East India Company! NEW IN 2017: Inviting one and all to send loose tea to be thrown into Boston Harbor as part of this year's reenactment.

Send dried loose leaf tea (NO used tea bags) to: Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, ATTN: 'Toss That Tea', 306 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210. Include name, address, e-mail & phone number. An official certificate of participation will be sent to each partaker sending tea. Deadline to send tea: December 1, 2017.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2017 - Actual Boston Tea Party Anniversary

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

EVENT TIMELINE

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

The Meeting of the Body of the People -Ticketed Portion (Ticket includes admission to Old South Meeting House plus reserved seating at Boston's waterfront for the Destruction of the Tea). FREE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OUTSIDE

Old South Meeting House - 310 Washington St

Inside Old South Meeting House, ticket holders join an authentic, spirited and theatrical colonial debate to protest the tax on tea and demand liberty from the British crown. Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere and other Patriot leaders join in a heated debate with crown-loving Loyalists in this final attempt to peaceably resolve the crisis before the midnight deadline. Visitors are encouraged to join the debate, letting their voices be heard in the very place where Boston's most famous act of rebellion began. A town crier calls out all the details to the crowds and women reenactors gathered outside.

7:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Huzzah for Griffin's Wharf! - FREE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

Procession from Old South Meeting House to the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum - Milk St to Congress St to Pearl St

Led by fife & drums and accompanied by colonial reenactors, the public marches from Old South Meeting House to Boston historic waterfront where Griffin's Wharf once stood along the same route the Sons of Liberty took to Boston Harbor to destroy the tea in 1773.

8:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Boston Harbor, a Tea Pot Tonight! - FREE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC (Ticket holders have access to a reserved viewing area on the Harborwalk)

Destruction of the Tea at t

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