Native Son

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Howie (seen here demasking at the cider mill.) Our driver was named Xavier but unfortunately I can't find any pictures of him!

Jersey Boy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the evening we got to meet the shepherds of our impending tour. Gary our tour director. Seen here masked up on the bus (photo obviously not in chronological order.)

Four Tea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course you couldn't hear all about the Boston Tea Party and not have some tea afterwards. We didn't know what to expect going in, but this turned out to be a real highlight of our trip.

Big Shot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the ship you were taken inside the museum to see a surviving chest from the tea party and watch a short movie about the aftermath. All of this culminating in this man, Captain John Parker, gathering his minutemen at Lexington Green for the "shot heard round the world" that started the Revolutionary War.

Tea Tosser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complete with a chance to actually throw tea boxes into the harbor!

Storming The Beaver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the meeting you were lead to a recreation of one of the cargo ships and given a brief recount of life on the ship and how the Tea Party unfolded.

Role Playing Games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first part of the tour has you entering a recreation of the Old South Meeting House where on November 29th, 1773 several thousand people assembled to discuss what to do about the unfair Tea Act. It was decided that 25 men would be assigned to go to the harbor and prevent three ships (the Dartmouth, Eleanor and Beaver) from unloading their tea. Meanwhile Samuel Adams and others would petition Governor Hutchinson to send the ships back with their cargo intact to show England the colonies wouldn't accept the unfair taxation.

On the deadline of December 16, 1773 Hutchinson sided with the British, prompting another meeting at the Old South Meeting House to discuss what to do. The meeting got more and more racous until people abandoned the meeting and stormed down to the docks, boarding the three ships and dumping all the tea into the harbor.

You were given a card assigning you the roll of one of the people at that meeting. Mari was Sarah Bradlee Fulton and I was Nathaniel Bradlee.