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In only two and a half years we celebrate our countrys 250th birthday but the party has already started. On Tuesday 12 December, the Marco Island Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution invited the community to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the famous Boston Tea Party. And what better way to celebrate than with an actual tea party? Val Bilbrey, who serves as the America250 chair on Marco Island, organized the event.

Marco Island Historical Society reenactors.

Scones and a tea punch were served to about 100 people at the Rose History Auditorium. Reenactors from the Marco Island Historical Society entertained guests with a brand-new production called Sarahs Idea. This play, written by Betsy Perdichizzi and Carolyn Rosenfeld, highlights the important role of women in our countrys fight for independence.

The play told the story of Sarah Bradlee Fultons idea for the men to disguise themselves as Indigenous Mohicans to avoid detection while dumping tea into the harbor. She led a group of women who provided the clothing and war paint. Then they waited at home for news of the successful raid.

The local chapter of the DAR is looking forward to celebrating more important events as we approach our 2026!

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Does any event in US history have a more memorable and vivid name? Certainly, no event so distant in time has retained such political resonance. In 2009, the Tea Party movement knew exactly what it was doing in assuming that name. Cutting the federal deficit and fetishizing federal fiscal prudence arent exactly sexy issues. Tie them to patriots pretending to be Mohawks tossing overboard chests of tea, now that gets the publics attention.

The Dye is cast: Interests & Ideals That Motivated the Boston Tea Party, which runs at the Massachusetts Historical Society through Feb. 29, doesnt concern itself with recent politics. It doesnt even focus on the tea dumping, though the niftiest item in the exhibition is a bottle containing tea leaves that washed up from the harbor the morning after. Instead, what The Dye is cast does is provide a larger political and, especially, social context.

The title comes from a letter that John Adams wrote to a friend the day after the Tea Party. The Dye is cast: The People have passed the River and cutt away the Bridge: last Night Three Cargoes of Tea, were emptied into the Harbour. The event wasnt the start of the American Revolution, but it brought revolution that much closer.

Curated by MHS chief historian Peter Drummey, the show comprises some 50 items. They include paintings, letters, prints, the aforementioned bottle, a punch bowl, and a card table. There are also several items relating to the Tea Partys centennial and bicentennial. An invitation to a 1973 Grand Tea Party Ball announces a ticket price of $5. That would be $33 today not too pricey.

The punch bowl provided beverage service at a meeting of patriots several hours before the tea got tossed. The table was used by the poet Phillis Wheatley as a writing desk. Wheatley is one of six contemporaries whose lives are used to illuminate the interests and ideals the shows subtitle speaks of.

Theres a further Wheatley connection. One of the three ships carrying the tea, the Dartmouth, had among its cargo copies of her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. The book had been published in London and was now being brought back to the home of its author.

The other figures around whom the show is organized are Paul Revere; Prince Hall, a former enslaved person and early abolitionist; Thomas Hutchinson, the royal governor of Massachusetts; Joseph Warren, a leading patriot (less than two years later, hed die a heros death at the Battle of Bunker Hill); and John Rowe, a merchant with mixed political loyalties, who gave his name to Rowes Wharf.

Theres also, in effect, a seventh figure: Adams. Additional quotations from him hang on banners throughout the exhibition. The most amusing comes from later in the Dye is cast letter.

I think it is a matter of indifference whether [the tea] is drank or drowned. The Province must pay for it, in Either Case. But there is this Difference. I believe, it will take them 10 Years to get the Province to pay for it. If so, we shall Save 10 Years Interest of the Money. Whereas if it is drank it must be paid for immediately.

Adams would be George Washingtons vice president, and Alexander Hamilton Washingtons secretary of the treasury. That observation would suggest Adams had the cannier fiscal sense.

THE DYE IS CAST: Interests & Ideals That Motivated the Boston Tea Party

At Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., through Feb. 29. 617-536-1608, http://www.masshist.org

Mark Feeney can be reached at mark.feeney@globe.com.

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Tea is the number two drank beverage in the world only after water, followed by coffee as the number three beverage. Come find out why tea is so popular and take a taste from countries all over the world.

Welcome to the Christmas Tea Party: Teas from around the world!

We look forward to seeing you for this very special, once a year event!

Our one and only holiday party up at the Ranch overlooking Lake Sonoma, this is an event not to be missed!

This event will be Dec. 9 from 4 to 7 p.m.

One ticket Includes five flights of tea tastings from all around the world.

Endless all you can eat amazing charcuterie from Nichole Barron.

Words from a tea sommelier along with tea history, and live music during all the festivities.

We will finish off the afternoon with tiny treats and wine/bubbly. (wine included for ages 21+ only).

Portion of proceeds benefit our new non-profit Wild California. Limited number of tickets. $80.

Formal tea dress code required.

Meet at The Ranch at Lake Sonoma, 100 Marina Rd. Lot A, Geyserville, Ca.,707 494 4449,

http://www.theranchatlakesonoma.com

Tickets available on Eventbrite or Facebook or call directly.

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