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.
The commemoration 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 — though this time, the symbolic protest was aided by spotlights and microphones. City officials were expecting thousands of visitors for the celebration.
Crowds who gathered to watch the reenactment quickly joined in, shouting “Huzzah!” along with the costumed actors as boxes of tea were dumped in the harbor. Later, they resoundingly booed an actor who read King George III’s order closing the bay, and they cheered as narrators detailed the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
Tea for the reenactment was supplied by the East India Co., the same British company that was at the center of the raucous dispute.
Funny… based on the photo they appear to be dressed like colonial Americans.
But the Tea Partiers weren’t dressed like that.
For some reason, they were dressed like indigenous Americans.
Can’t imagine why this reenactment left that key detail out.
The second image in the carousel is a drawing of the event, which shows the Tea Partiers wielding what looks like tomahawks.
Didn’t come up in the article tho.
Are you looking at a different photo than I am? Because they’re dressed normally in the AP article
I was going to upload a screenshot of the image to show you but apparently image uploads are temporarily disabled on lemmy.world
I’m sick and tired of it being called the ‘American Revolution’. More like the “American under new management”.
The rebellion was started over taxes to pay for a war, and the first thing the new government did was put down a rebellion started over taxes to pay for the war. We just traded one George for another and saved Americans from the subjugation and horror suffered by Canadians and Australians.
The truth is that England defeated all the European powers that could threaten the colonies and America said thanks for defending us, it’s made you weak and us strong, now guess what?
The French, the Haitians, and the Bolsheviks knew how to throw a proper revolution.
saved Americans from the subjugation and horror suffered by Canadians and Australians.
I’m sorry but I’m going to need a credible source from you to backup this claim and more clarification and context
Today I learned the East India Co. Still exists!
The real master of puppet behind Trump, not Vlad!
Are you kidding me? Of course it does. Too big to fail, ever.
I thought that would be the case, but I never hear anything about it ever apart from in a historical context.
I also would have expected a rebrand or two due to said history.
OK, I’m not American so I guess this hits differently, but it was a dispute about TAX. Like JFC
It was a dispute about colonial representation. Taxation was the lens by which representation was questioned.
Well, for the most part.
Reading up on the boston tea party is fascinating. Apparently, colonists were angry that their tea was too cheap.
Really sets the stage for the next 250 years of American politics. The working class believes making their rulers richer the fastest at their own expense is a good thing.
Nothing says entitled so much as throwing a valuable commodity into the ocean to celebrate someone who did the same thing for much more important reasons centuries ago. Could’ve just thrown empty boxes but they just wasted a tonne of tea for no reason.
