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Patriotic mobs and harbor tea-dumping are returning to Boston on Saturday as the city marks the 250th anniversary of the revolutionary protest that preceded America’s independence

“Lookingglass Alice” is a show where folding chairs fly out of picnic baskets, the White Knight rides a unicycle, characters bounce on massive balls and Alice has a tea party with an audience member.

Bostonians dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company, into the harbour – but why?

There are more than 13,000 taxing jurisdictions in the U.S.–and over 900 tax types that a tea merchant can encounter selling domestically and abroad.

“What do you want to be today?” A princess once asked, “A leaf, with all the colours,” replied a man. “A footballer,” replied another. That was how the Drag Story Hour and Tea Party began at Gender Bender a three-day event held recently. Princess Shy (Sayantika Majumdar) read out excerpts from two…

The 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party is marked this year

December 2023 marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, one of the most famous events leading up to the Revolutionary War. On the night of Dec. 16, 1773, Colonists marched aboard three ships and threw more than 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. No one died, and…

On the evening of Dec. 16, 1773, a crowd of armed men, some allegedly wearing costumes meant to disguise them as Native American warriors, boarded three ships docked at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston. In the vessels’ holds were 340 chests containing 92,000 pounds of tea, the most popular drink in…

‘Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party’ debuts Nov. 19

Eric Garcia chronicles the career of the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, and who failed to replace Kevin McCarthy

Eric Garcia chronicles how the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is now trying to replace Kevin McCarthy