The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum and Revolution 250 will partner with Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts to commemorate Boston Tea Party Participants Peter Mackintosh and Joseph Mountfort. This outdoor free public event is part of a nationwide collaborative effort to place commemorative markers at the graves of known Boston Tea Party Participants […]
Last month, the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum and American Ancestors/ New England Historic Genealogical Society launched the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program: A new lineage society dedicated to fostering interest in genealogical connections to participants in the Boston Tea Party, their families, and those involved in colonial rebellion in Boston. Join the American Ancestors/ […]
The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum and Revolution 250 will partner with the community of Marblehead, Massachusetts to place a commemorative marker at the grave of Boston Tea Party Participant Dr. Elisha Story on Sunday April 30, 2023 at 11:00am. Green Street Cemetery is located at the intersection of Creesy Street and Elm Street. […]
The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum and Revolution 250 will partner with the community of Dearborn Heights, Michigan and the Dearborn Heights Historical Commission to place a commemorative marker at the grave of Boston Tea Party Participant Thompson Maxwell at 11:00am at the Wallaceville Historical Cemetery. Wallaceville Historical Cemetery is located at the intersection […]
The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum and Revolution 250 will partner with the community of Bainbridge, Ohio, the Bainbridge Cemetery, the Bainbridge Historical Society, Ross County Historical Society, the Nathanial Massie Chapter of the DAR, and local reenactors to place a commemorative marker at the grave of Boston Tea Party Participant Nathaniel Willis at […]
The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum and Revolution 250 will partner with the community of Cincinnati, Ohio, Spring Grove Cemetery, and local historical organizations to place a commemorative marker at the grave of Boston Tea Party Participant Joshua Wyeth at 11:00am Spring Grove Cemetery. Spring Grove Cemetery is located at 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, […]
2023 marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. In commemoration of this upcoming anniversary, join the Local History Guild with the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Curator of Maritime History Michale P. Dyer and Evan O’Brien and Creative Manager of the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum in a discussion as they explore New […]
2023 marks the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, an event that forever changed the course of American history. An important chapter of the Boston Tea Party story was written in New Bedford, MA. The ship Dartmouth was built in Bedford Village (now New Bedford) in 1767 as a cargo carrying workhorse for the whaling industry. […]