Remembering The Boston Tea Party 250 Years Later

A look back at one of the most infamous stands against the British empire and what it ought to mean for us in our time.

“If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security.”

~Samuel Adams

It was on December 16, 1773 that the Sons of Liberty led a coordinated, night-time effort to dump chests full of exported British tea into Boston harbor. On that freezing Massachusetts night, 60 individuals disguised as Mo…