The Boston Tea Party, a protest against punitive British taxes that led directly to open hostilities in the American Revolution 16 months later, unfolded on this day in history, Dec. 16, 1773.

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 ...

On this day in 1773, in Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists boarded three British merchant vessels and, over the course of the next three hours, dumped 342 chests of tea into the water.

The talk was given in the Old South Meeting House in Boston, the place where Massachusetts colonists met and decided on their protest actions of the evening of December 16, 1773.

Party like it’s 1773 at this virtual Boston Tea Party event A virtual reenactment of ... American revolutionaries dumped more than 90,000 pounds of tea off British ships into Boston Harbor.

In 1773, the revolutionaries had dumped some 92,000 pounds of tea worth nearly $2 million today into the murky waters of Boston Harbor. Some tea types included Bohea, Congou, Hyson, Singlo and ...

BOSTON – The meeting house where colonists gathered to begin challenging British rule before the American Revolution and launched the Boston Tea Party has reopened. The Old South Meeting House ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 16, 1773, 241 years ago, angry Boston ...

In 1773, when tea arrived in New York and Philadelphia, the East India Company ships were not allowed to dock. In Boston, three ships successfully entered the harbor, infuriating locals.