03/11/2024
11.3.1774
Third Charlestown Tea Party.
Charleston had not one but THREE separate tea parties. That’s how thick the revolutionary fervor was here!
“On Thursday at Noon, an Oblation was made to Neptune of the said seven chests of Tea by Messrs. Lindsay, Kinsley, and Mackenzie themselves, who going on board the Ship in Stream, with their own Hands respectively stove the Chests belong to each, and emptied their Contents into the River… in View of the whole General Committee on the Shore besides numerous Concourse of People, who gave three hearty Cheers after the emptying of each Chest, and immediately after separated as if nothing had happened.”
Of course we still love tea here, whether consumed iced, or hot, you can enjoy some fantastic tea locally from or
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