16 December 25

I'm breaking the pattern of Advent/Christmas/winter ties to recall the Boston Tea Party, on the night of 16 December 1773. I bought this tie showing a map of Old Boston seven years ago, from the gift shop associated with the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, where I also bought some "official" Boston Tea Party Blend Tea. (I am sure that these tea leaves were not actually part of the cargo that was dumped into Boston Harbor.)

15-16 December 22

On 16 December 1773, a group of terrorists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty overwhelmed the guards on three ships in Boston Harbor and emptied over 300 chests of tea into the water. The "Boston Tea Party" conspiracy arose to protest the high taxes on tea (and other products) imposed by the British King on the American colonies. (I wore my Old Boston map tie on 15 December, the last working day in 2022 for most staff at Eastern Kentucky University.)

11 November 21

On 16 December, 1773, the "Sons of Liberty" dumped 342 chests of tea leaves into Boston Harbor, an event forever honored as the Boston Tea Party. That date falls in the middle of Advent, when my daily ties are mostly Christmas themes. So I've chosen to use today to show my special Old Boston map tie!

29 January 20

Happy Birthday, Faith Lang! My dear sister-in-law was born near Boston, MA (in Arlington), and so she chose this tie for me to wear today. It's based on a map of Boston in 1722. She also requested that I tie it with the Trinity knot, which is nifty. On my door I like the placard Faith gave me of her own photo of stream rapids accompanied by a quotation from Julian of Norwich: "We were loved from before the beginning."

16 December 19

Tonight marks 246 years since the Boston "Tea Party." It was a truly nonviolent protest against the Tea Act, which was passed by Parliament in May 1773. By December the colonists around Boston were infused with enough rage against that tax that the "Sons of Liberty" boiled up a plan for a nighttime raid on three ships in Boston Harbor. They costumed themselves as Mohawk Indians, boarded the ships and subdued the guards (without harm), and broke apart 340 chests of tea and threw the remains into Boston Harbor. You can read more about these events at the Web site for the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum. My tie displays a map of "Old Boston," dated 1722.

16 December 18

Today marks 245 years since the Boston Tea Party! It was a truly nonviolent protest against the Tea Act, which was passed by Parliament in May 1773. By December the colonists around Boston were infused with enough rage against that tax that the "Sons of Liberty" boiled up a plan for a nighttime raid on three ships in Boston Harbor. They costumed themselves as Mohawk Indians, boarded the ships and subdued the guards (without harm), and broke apart 340 chests of tea and threw the remains into Boston Harbor. You can read more about these events at the Web site for the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum. My tie (which I bought on a trip to Boston in November) displays a map of "Old Boston," dated 1722.