December 16 2023 Boston Tea Party 250th Anniversary 0

[ThothAmon]

A momentous day in the history of our world. The first image is an old cartoon sold by Heritage in 2018 depicting the Tea Party.
 

Next is what I could come up with from my collection. Hopefully someone can find some other four color depictions because what I found stinks. 


 

[ThothAmon]

 

[alexgross.com]

On 12/16/2023 at 7:38 AM, ThothAmon said:

 

"and when push comes to shove, i will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!" lmao. classic!

 

[MattTheDuck]

I heard a radio "news" story the other day in which this event was described as a "protest against British oppression." That earned a derisive bark of laughter.

[universal soldier]

It a complete non-story here just outside of Boston.  it wasn't even on the news this moring and I had no idea it was the 250th until I was today years old. 

[Dick Pontoon]

On 12/16/2023 at 1:34 PM, universal soldier said:

It a complete non-story here just outside of Boston.  it wasn't even on the news this moring and I had no idea it was the 250th until I was today years old. 

I've actually seen it on the local news several times the last few days, there's going to be a reenactment today. When I did a Google search, pretty much all of the local news outlets came up along with some national news stories.

Edited December 16, 2023 by Dick Pontoon

[Dick Pontoon]

On 12/16/2023 at 12:50 PM, MattTheDuck said:

I heard a radio "news" story the other day in which this event was described as a "protest against British oppression." That earned a derisive bark of laughter.

Asking this goes against my better judgement, but it what was it if not a protest against British oppression?

[universal soldier]

On 12/16/2023 at 1:57 PM, Pontoon said:

I've actually seen it on the local news several times the last few days, there's going to be a reenactment today. When I did a Google search, pretty much all of the local news outlets came up along with some national news stories.

I'm usually half asleep while I'm watching in the AM so I likley missed it as it was likley more of a footnote. The past couple days the news stories were all about the services for the policeman and the national grid worker that got hit during the detail in Waltham it seemed.

[Dick Pontoon]

On 12/16/2023 at 3:26 PM, universal soldier said:

I'm usually half asleep while I'm watching in the AM so I likley missed it as it was likley more of a footnote. The past couple days the news stories were all about the services for the policeman and the national grid worker that got hit during the detail in Waltham it seemed.

Yup. It was one of the top stories for days in a row, heavily covered. The Tea Party story was more towards the end of the broadcasts I saw.