Boston Tea Party Reenactment!

The Boston Tea Party Reenactment is held every year to honor and celebrate the historic event that was one of many important events that led to the Revolutionary War. It is held in the Old South Meeting House, the same building that housed the meetings of the revolutionaries long ago, and recreates the town meeting held on the night of December 16th in 1773. The audience got a chance to interact in the meeting with the actors, acting as citizens of Boston--either Loyalists or Patriots. By the end of it, we were all yelling Huzzah! or Fy! or HISSSSSS! in unison, as we cheered on the town meeting.


The reenactment ended with a retelling of the actual events involved with the Boston Tea Party, as the Patriots dressed as Native Americans and ransacked the tea aboard the ship in port. Afterwards, I wandered outside with the crowd and caught a few photos of the Old South Meeting House in snow (see below).






With a flash.




Without.