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Many of the Boston Tea Party participants fled Boston immediately after the destruction of the tea to avoid arrest. Thousands witnessed the event, and the implication and impact of this action were enormous ultimately leading to the start of the American Revolution.
“Edward Burbeck, son of Col. William and Abigail (Tuttle) Burbeck…He was a wood carver in Boston, a captain of artillery, 1775, and, by tradition, one of the ‘Boston Tea Party.”
On a December night in 1773, members of the Sons of Liberty donned Mohawk Indian disguises to dispense three Boston-berthed ships of their precious cargo of tea. Today, visitors to the historic city may view costumed figures stalking the same body of water.
At the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, you can be a part of the famous event that forever changed the course of American history through a multi-sensory experience that includes live actors, interactive exhibits, and full-scale replica 18th-century sailing vessels!
Nov 9, 2023 · It’s been 250 years since Boston Harbor churned with angry colonists. But at this spirited museum, the tea party never ends. By Justin Shatwell. Nov 09 2023. For this year’s big semiquincentennial party, tea sent in by citizens from around the globe will be thrown into Boston’s historic harbor.
The Boston Tea Party, an iconic event along the road toward the American Revolution, was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company which controlled all the tea imported to the colonies.
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A private, non-profit educational and cultural organization established to preserve and share the Boston Tea Party history.
