On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty met in protest of the Tea Act of 1773.
Disguised and under the cover of night, these patriots boarded three ships of the British East India Company moored in Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.
Over the course of three hours, 340 chests of tea were dumped overboard. It piled up so high in the harbor that apprentices were sent out in rowboats to physically smack down the hills of leaves and mix it into the harbor. Then, bound to secrecy, the participants of this midnight raid departed, their names left unknown for decades.
On the 250th anniversary of our great nation, we take the time to honor and remember the men and women who fought for our freedom.
We celebrate those who stood for liberty and equality, those who took a stand and took action.
The Boston Tea Party was the first act of organized rebellion against British Rule, and it lit the spark that would erupt into the flames of revolution.