A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 16, 1773, 241 years ago, angry Boston citizens boarded British ships and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston ...

BOSTON (WCSC) — American colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians threw 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor on Dec. 16, 1773, in what became known as the Boston Tea Party. The event marked a major ...

The anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, one of the most infamous protests leading up to the American Revolution, is days away. In December 1773, political activists known as the Sons of Liberty took ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Demonstrators protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dropped ice into Boston Harbor on December 16, in homage to the ...

BOSTON (AP) — Patriotic mobs and harbor tea-dumping returned to Boston on Saturday as the city marked the 250th anniversary of the revolutionary protest that preceded America’s independence. The ...

The 1773 Boston Tea Party, an iconic act of political defiance (and, truth be told, criminal behavior) helped fuel sentiment against the British practice of levying taxes on colonists who had no ...

POINTS OF VIEW. 2023 MARKED 250 YEARS SINCE AN ACT THAT CEMENTED BOSTON IN AMERICA’S ORIGIN STORY OVER THE SIDE LUDLOW. ON A MILD DECEMBER NIGHT, RE-ENACTORS FLUNG TEA INTO BOSTON HARBOR, CHANNELING ...

For a nation with roots in a rambunctious 1773 Boston Tea Party protesting British tariffs, it’s odd to see both major-party White House contenders trying to outdo each other with promises of tariffs.