Join the Boston ICE Tea Party on Dec. 16th

ByChristine Dahl

On Dec 16, modern day patriots will follow in the footsteps of the historic 1773 tea dumpers in a protest organized by MASS 50501. Gather at 7:15 p.m. at the Irish Famine Memorial Plaza across from the Old South Meeting House and march to Waterfront Plaza by the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum. There, the plan is to joyfully dump ICE into Boston Harbor while declaring loudly and clearly: No Kings! No Tariffs! No ICE!

Clean ice will be provided for the event. Please do not bring your own ice. MA50501 has permission to dump the ICE in Boston Harbor on the condition they provided the ICE and people didn’t bring their own.

In 1773, when King George III imposed a tax on tea sent to the colonies in an effort to raise funds and prop up the monopoly of the British East India Company he infuriated people who believed that only their own elected legislatures or town meetings had the power to impose taxes. That is the origin of ‘No taxation without representation’, a founding demand of the American Revolution. On the night of December 16th, about 200 patriots loosely disguised as native Americans, boarded a ship at anchor and threw the tea overboard.

Other colonial ports had not even allowed the British tea ships to dock. Opposition to this unilateral tax, which infuriated American smugglers as well as those who had to purchase tea was an important factor in developing support for the American Revolution.

Today, a President who behaves like a king occupies the White House. He has sent ICE to harass our city and kidnap our friends, families, and neighbors. He has levied unjust tariffs, and made our tea, our coffee, and our lives more expensive. Let us rise together once more to take down tyranny!

Register here

Email questions to: info@mass50501.com

Patriots who can’t make it into Boston on the 16th can plan to join LexingtonAlarm!’s Reverse Tea Party on Dec. 13th in Lexington. Lexington once again led the way burning tea in our town three days before the dumping of tea in Boston Harbor.

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