On the evening of December 16, 1773, 250 years ago today, New England colonists disguised as Native Americans calmly boarded three ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea overboard. By ...

With the cutting of a gigantic cake topped with a decorative ship, Harborfest has arrived in Boston, and commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party is a top focus of the weekend-long ...

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 ...

Members of the Fife and Drum Corps lead a march to Griffin's Wharf during the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party on Dec. 16, 2023. CJ ...

Shouts of “Huzzah!” rose into the night air Saturday as Colonial reenactors tossed hundreds of pounds of tea over the side of replica British ships and into the salty waters of Boston Harbor. The mock ...

The reason why you can never get a decent cup of tea in the USA dates back to the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, when the locals dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbour in protest at British ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago today, in the dark of night in Boston Harbor, 50 Americans crossed a fateful line. The result would bring the rest of the colonies with them, leading to revolution — ...

Nowadays, Fort Point Channel is a picture of modern Boston. Think bougie hotels, gleaming luxury condominiums, restaurants that serve $30 swordfish kebabs and $20 espresso martinis, young ...

BOSTON — History, in the form of one of our nation's most famous acts of rebellion, will literally repeat itself on Saturday. "And people around the country sent us packets of tea as well," O'Brien ...

HOPKINTON — It's been 250 years, but a Hopkinton man is finally being recognized for the role he is believed to have played in one of the most famous incidents in American history. John Dickman was ...

BOSTON - Boston celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Boston tea party and the beginning of the American revolution on Saturday. Thousands of people gathered here along the Boston Harbor to witness ...

Since the movement upended politics 15 years ago, Republicans have sharply changed direction under MAGA — with many tea party ...