Boston Tea Party
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
United States
December 16, 2016 12:57pm CST
That happened today, December 16 in 1773. 340 or more chests of tea, valued at about One Million Dollars, were dumped overboard in Boston, Massachusetts. What surprised me is that it wasn’t the only place tea was dumped overboard or destroyed back then.
It also happened later in New York City, where the tea was dumped into the Hudson River and Annapolis, Maryland, where the ship was set on fire and in Charleston, South Carolina, where it was dumped into the Cooper River.
I really didn’t know about that. Did you?
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
17 Dec 16
Yes, I had no idea until I read about it today.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
16 Dec 16
Wow, I didn't know either, thanks for the info
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
17 Dec 16
I read about it today and it was very informative. I doubt if very many persons realized that there were other incidents involving the destruction of all that tea.
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
17 Dec 16
Me too. I didn't realize there were other incidents of destroying tea. What a waste.
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
17 Dec 16
I'm sure that's what any child would think, until it was explained. 
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Dec 16
No, I did not not. It's always been the Boston Tea Party ballyhhooed.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
17 Dec 16
I know. It was a surprise to me too. Just think of all that tea being ruined.
