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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
14 Dec 2024
Boston Herald staff


NextImg:Photos: Tea burning rebellion remembered in Lexington

The Boston Harbor wasn’t the only site of tea-related rebellion in the colonial era, and the residents of Lexington have once again honored their forefathers with a reenactment.

The townspeople of Lexington on Dec. 13, 1773, “three days before the Boston Tea Party,” the Lexington Historical Society reminds us, the town meeting concluded “with a resolution to stop purchasing or drinking imported British tea.”

“The crowd spilled out onto the common behind the meeting house and made a bonfire, throwing the entire town’s supply of tea into it,” the Society’s entry on the reenactment states.

On Saturday, the current Lexington townsfolk dressed in period-appropriate attire and reenacted the moment.

The William Diamond Drum and Fife Corp play during the 250th re-enactment of the burning of the tea on Dec. 14. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)

The William Diamond Drum and Fife Corp play during the 250th re-enactment of the burning of the tea on Dec. 14. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)

People throw tea onto a bonfire during the 250th re-enactment of the burning of the tea on Dec. 14. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)

Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald
People throw tea onto a bonfire during the 250th re-enactment of the burning of the tea on Dec. 14. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)

The William Diamond Drum and Fife Corp play during the 250th re-enactment of the burning of the tea on Dec. 14. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)

Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald
The William Diamond Drum and Fife Corp play during the 250th re-enactment of the burning of the tea on Dec. 14. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)