Boston Tea Party Anniversary Today

Today marks the anniversary of this iconic American event.


Difficult for me to believe, but it’s only three years until the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

We remain the caretakers of that Inheritance, bequeathed us by Heroes!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

Needs to happen again x2



Instead of Tea , maybe worthless politicians

They certainly had a way with words.

This is among my favorites, from the “Chairman of the Committee for Tarring and Feathering.”

“Brethren, and Fellow Citizens!

You may depend, that those odious Miscreants and detestable Tools to Ministry and Governor, the TEA CONSIGNEES (those Traitors to their Country, Butchers, who have done, and are doing every Thing to Murder and destroy all that shall stand in the Way of their private interest,) are determined to come and reside again in the Town of Boston.

I therefore give you this early Notice, that you may hold yourselves in Readiness, on the shortest Notice, to give them such a Reception, as such vile Ingrates deserve.

JOYCE, jun.

(Chairman of the Committee for Tarring and Feathering.)

If any person should be so hardy as to Tear this down, they may expect my severest Resentment. J. Jun.”

Deep Lurker said:

We remain the caretakers of that Inheritance, bequeathed us by Heroes!

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Amen

Wasn't it a 3% tax? Very curious indeed...


***actually three pence per pound***

I know it is a bumper-sticker bit of wisdom, but I do believe that those great men to whom we owe so much, would be stacking up bodies like firewood at this point if they were here today. Comfort and affluence has dulled our edge.

Deep Lurker said:

They certainly had a way with words.

This is among my favorites, from the “Chairman of the Committee for Tarring and Feathering.”

“Brethren, and Fellow Citizens!

You may depend, that those odious Miscreants and detestable Tools to Ministry and Governor, the TEA CONSIGNEES (those Traitors to their Country, Butchers, who have done, and are doing every Thing to Murder and destroy all that shall stand in the Way of their private interest,) are determined to come and reside again in the Town of Boston.

I therefore give you this early Notice, that you may hold yourselves in Readiness, on the shortest Notice, to give them such a Reception, as such vile Ingrates deserve.

JOYCE, jun.

(Chairman of the Committee for Tarring and Feathering.)

If any person should be so hardy as to Tear this down, they may expect my severest Resentment. J. Jun.”

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I learned about this guy in one of Nathaniel Philbrick's books. I put down his title every time I'm asked to give my occupation on a form when it's really not needed.

I was raised and educated in Maryland up to the college level.

Yet I don’t ever recall even once hearing or learning that in 1774, ten months after the Boston Tea Party, there was an “Annapolis Tea Party.”

In Maryland, this incident is also known as “The Burning of the Peggy Stewart,” the title of a mural painted in the Criminal Court lobby of the Clarence Mitchell Courthouse in Baltimore in 1904.

Although the circumstances of the sailing vessel Peggy Stewart in the Annapolis Harbor are somewhat more complicated than that of the Boston Tea Party, the Annapolis Tea party was very similar:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Stewart_(ship)

(I am still searching for the location of the painting below by Francis Blackwell Mayer, completed in 1896.)

The mural in Baltimore depicting the Annapolis Tea Party is quite large, 6o feet long and 10 feet high:

https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc5500/sc5590/html/peggy_stewart.html

According to this account:

FTA: The Peggy Stewart burned “with all her sails and Riggin standing and Colours flying…. (3).” The brig sank into the Annapolis harbor, and her ruins now lay beneath reclaimed land under Luce Hall at the United States Naval Academy.

https://www.mdhistory.org/the-burning-of-the-peggy-stewart/

The medallion below was minted on the centennial of the sinking of the Peggy Stewart.

The denizens of Annapolis have changed quite a bit in the last 247 years.

This is great...had no idea there was a Maryland Tea Party. Thanks!

czman said:

This is great...had no idea there was a Maryland Tea Party. Thanks!

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There was another in Chestertown as well. At the time for tonnage, Chestertown nearly rivaled Baltimore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestertown_Tea_Party

This is an annual posting on the Carolina Firearms Forums:

BREAKING NEWS: Scores Killed, Hundreds Injured as Extremist Riot in Boston Area

BOSTON, April 19 - National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed on April 19th by elements of a para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimated that 72 were killed and more than 20 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw.



Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement. Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices.



The governor, who described the group's organizers as "criminals," issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government's efforts to secure law and order.



The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed assault weapons. Gage issued a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early April between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal arms. One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that "none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned their weapons over voluntarily."



"Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize arms and ammunition in Lexington met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government's plans.



During a tense standoff in Lexington's town park, National Guard Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was reportedly fired by one of the right-wing extremists. Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange.



Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces overmatched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat.



Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor has also demanded the surrender of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as "ringleaders" of the extremist faction, remain at large.



The date you know, the year was 1775

Thank you for posting that - so many forget the significance of April 19th.

28Shooter said:

Thank you for posting that - so many forget the significance of April 19th.

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We do have a thread for Patriot's Day.

https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=256294

250th Anniversary Today.

A little acknowledgment, but just that. A little.

Ancient history?

Too contrary to society's current momentum, which is diametrically opposed?

Nothing but a bunch of black faced terrorists. WTF?

FOX Nation has a good 4 part series currently running on the Boston Tea Party-- It's worth a watch.

Mightydog said:

Nothing but a bunch of black faced terrorists. WTF?

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Well-- Jokes on this idiot writer. I can guarantee the Crown saw it as an act of Terrorism in 1775