The Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum celebrates the 240th anniversary of the night the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Indians, dumped 340 chests of British tea into the harbor to protest the hated tea duty, which turned out to be the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed on the American colonies by Britain's George III. Stay nearby at the InterContinental Boston overlooking Boston's historic waterfront where there is a special Tea Party package starting at $299. I especially love Boston at the holidays - special holiday strolls with costumed re-enactors along The Freedom Trail, the BLINK! Holiday lights extravaganza at Faneuil Hall where you can buy all of your last-minute gifts, stopping for a bowl of chowder when you're hungry, the huge Copley Square Christmas Tree, "The Nutcracker," performed by the Boston Ballet, and most important, the kid-friendly First Night celebration New Year's Eve, the oldest and certainly one of the largest such events in the country. The kids will have so much fun they won't realize how much American history they're learning, especially at the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum. "You can see both sides here," said 11-year-old Hannah Kuklis from the Boston suburbs, adding that the Tea Party experience is "Is more fun" than just walking along Boston's famous Freedom Trail with its historic sites, its cemetery and houses.
Source: FOX NEWS
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