the arrival of the tea escalated an already existing debate over the new tea tax. and the sons of liberty led an effort to protest the king s new measure. after the debate, colonists marched to griffin s wharf and dumped the tea in the boston harbor. last year on the anniversary of this debate, reenactors and observers re-created the scene. this 45 minute event was hosted by old south meeting house and the boston tea party museum. and now, ladies and gentlemen, the 242nd anniversary celebration of the boston tea party. good evening. my name is george shoes. perhaps you have heard of me. i have been a shoemaker most of my life, a tradesman of the humble class, but now as an old man, i parade around in my colonial clothing as the last remaining participant in the boston tea party. how strange it is to think what i have seen here in boston, how i witnessed a nation born of protest. i was no student of history or politics myself. my entire education consisted of only a modest
good evening. perhaps you ve heard of me. i ve been a shoemaker most of my , but as an old man i am a paraded around in my colonial clothing is the last surviving participant in the boston tea party. how strange it is to think of what i have seen here in boston it, how i witnessed a nation torn of protest. i was no student of history or politics myself. of ancation consisted understanding of reading and writing. i belonged to no associations but participated in no government. our war for before independence, i became a staunch liberty boy. continually reflecting upon the unwarrantable suffering inflicted on boston by the tyranny of great written, and my mind is excited by a desire to aid in chastising the king. here here. hall after this very the bloody massacre on king street in march of 1770 and again for the meetings of the body of the people in 1773 when we decided the fate. i came into this building a shoemaker. i left a true citizen. tonight, i ask you to indulge my
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