Passing Parade: Our 1773 Tea Party

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist On Dec. 16, 1773, the most revered and celebrated Tea Parties of all time, occurred. That Tea Party has been celebrated, and reenacted, in Boston, Mass., for a long time. A group of costumed “Indians” will storm aboard three replicas of 18th-century wooden trading ships which will serve as a stage for the dumping of nearly 92,000 pounds of tea into the harbor. In current time, the tea would be valued at $1.5 million to $1.8 million, the anniversary’s plann