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A cafe in the heart of Birmingham has reopened the day after being shut due to mice on the premises. Environmental health ...
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 ...
Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party and the city is hosting several reenactments to commemorate the historic event. A guide to Boston’s Freedom Trail On Dec. 16, 1773 ...
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 ...
The Boston Tea Party had very little do with tax hikes. And despite the name, it wasn't a party. But it drew the ire of colonial leaders like George Washington. Now, on the 250th anniversary ...
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.
In a span of three hours, they smashed 340 chests of tea and dumped over 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. The damage caused, in today's money, was worth more than $1.7 million.
Response to the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party is seen as a pivotal turning point that led to America’s independence, which helped accelerate colonial disdain for the British.
Tax Notes contributing editors Robert Goulder and Joseph J. Thorndike break down three important tax aspects of the Boston Tea Party on its 250th anniversary.