It was good-spirited, of course—just some patriots and tourists rallying for a reenactment of the Boston Tea Party on the occasion of its semiquincentennial last December—but you could sense, in the parade’s thickness and ambient inebriation, the potential for death and destruction. Down ...
“The Daughters of Liberty supported the boycott of British tea. One patriot hosted a party to formally bid adieu to her treasured teaware:A Lady’s Adieu to Her Tea-Table:“ FAREWELL the Tea-board with your gaudy attire, Ye cups and ye saucers that I did admire; To my cream pot and...