Boston celebrates 250th anniversary of Tea Party with reenactment

A massive celebration is planned Saturday for the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party​.

[@redburban1394]

They seemed to have forgotten to dress as native Americans when tossing the tea overboard. And I never remember or knew that velvet pants were historically accurate for the 18th century.

[@jeffreymcintire8273]

The velvet breeches actually ARE authentic...although you are correct. They did dress native. I'm sure they didn't thanks to the cancel culture "woke"lings.

[@redburban1394]

@@jeffreymcintire8273 but only to the very rich. Well at least they weren’t wearing polyester 18th century clothes. 😂 I see some of the 18’th century reenactors and they dress in clothing more modern or someone pulls or hides their phone or watch. lol

[@gotacallfromvishal]

@@redburban1394 There is a fine line between being a pedant and being someone focusing on the big picture which is educating a historically illiterate society thru theater and visual art. I mean right now we have LGBT white liberals and Black Americans who grew up with the fruits of USA privilege and liberty supporting islamic jihadis on the street and saying osama yo'mama "had a point". We just need people engaged with pre-1948 A.D. history period not pedantry

[@Altasren]

Last year, the organizers solicited the public to send in tea to be dumped. I contributed some Formosa oolong left from a stash my grandmother had given me forty years ago. Finest kind!

[@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat]

Wait, weren't they disguised as native Americans when this happened? Or is that culturally insensitive or something?

[@jeffreymcintire8273]

Yes they were originally. And no it's not.

[@Chewee394]

They wore only enough Native American clothing/headdresses to disguise themselves, but were still clearly colonists. Not sure why they changed it for the re-enactment

[@Jewstradamus]

What a special event! The quarter-millennial anniversary of the Boston tea party. 🎉🎊

[@joematerese93]

This is most inaccurate deplection I've ever seen.. It's called the liberal reenactment... You see you get rid of everything that's bad that could hurt your feelings like dressing up as Indians in this case.. And you make it so everything was bright and rosy...

[@A3Kr0n]

Today we'd call them terrorists.

[@westtell4]

The British called them that back then... the term terrorist is subjective

[@adamhart85]

Mayor wu please resign now. There is no place in this country for segregation!

[@Threaopolieze]

It was 251 years ago... Who is getting fired over skipping it?

[@BaggioItal]

According to actual written accounts, the protesting colonists dressed up as native americans when they dumped the tea, but planners for this event decided not to do that. Sad that detailed reenactments cant be detailed. You cant change history. It is what it is.

[@null.and.void.]

Attire seems less authentic somehow...

[@gc3k]

Socks and bots won't distract anyone from this historic milestone 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@luchen9640]

Is this the real tea?

[@Dr.ZoidbergPhD]

I spoke with one of the organizers ans no, it's just ground up leaves

[@jaken1319]

Lol who's carhart luke

[@muhammadfaisalemir3172]

250 th Percaya

[@lilyrose7082]

Fun fact or not so fun fact! The US is still considered the East India Tea company and a lot of our taxes still go to the British throne! Do your research people! I’m a Boston native and I have!

[@Dr.ZoidbergPhD]

You're glossing over a lot of semantics, at least be specific

[@rebecca8525]

That’s why we drink coffee from Dunkin Donuts in Boston.

[@lilyrose7082]

@@rebecca8525 I grew up in Boston. Specifically Dorchester. When DD first opened they had the best coffee, hands down! 👍. But now? It’s all watered down to the point that it tastes like dirty water to me 😂. Now I make my own coffee at home which is Cafe Bustello. It’s pretty good but not like the old DD!

[@midwayyuh6925]

Rewriting history like this is abhorrent. This being sold as a reenactment is disingenuous at best, and at worst is a clear obfuscation of the past and is an attempt to create a new narrative. We few will not forget.

[@KingC89]

They'd be called "far right extremists" today

[@BellaBellaElla]

Far left extremists at the time

[@KingC89]

@@BellaBellaElla All the corporations and billionaires fly rainbow LGBT flags now

[@BellaBellaElla]

@@KingC89 saying corporations fly rainbow flags doesn't negate my point or support yours like.. at all. Also companies only do that because most people support queer rights and the businesses want to make money so they try to tailor to most people..

[@KingC89]

@@BellaBellaElla If only corporations supported their workers a fraction as much as they support LGBT then we'd all have livable wage and healthcare.

[@KingC89]

@@BellaBellaElla Lgbt are the most privileged group in America. Even cops give them special treatment. Most trans are Whte and come from upper income households. Must be nice.

[@Kazwire]

They should have also dressed like American indians

[@chavvy9074]

Didn’t they dress as Native Americans, so as to frame them?

[@Chewee394]

They dressed in only enough Native American clothing to disguise themselves. Mostly colonial era clothing with a Native American Headdress and facepaint

[@chavvy9074]

@@Chewee394 lmfao wearing a native American headdress with colonial clothing does not “disguise” someone. And I didn’t see any headdresses in the video.

[@bobbyviensjr8991]

I like how you come to Boston and throw garbage into the harbor. They couldn’t have made boxes out of something responsible? And for the sake of argument maybe they are cardboard boxes? The clothes that were thrown in will take decades to break down. I don’t need an anniversary to Celebrate our Freedom and this Earth I do it everyday. It starts with trying to be more responsible Not dressing up once a year and acting like the noble Americans

[@user-ts7ns7bt2v]

Omg I’m sure they were fished out. I’m embarrassed that you are a fellow American.

[@normandesmarais5879]

There were booms in the water to contain the spread of the tea, etc. Everything was retrieved and removed from the water after the dumping. Very few people stayed around to watch that.

[@Chewee394]

The organizers said they would fish out everything except the tea because tea leaves themselves are biodegradable.