Tag: boston
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Bright Lights: The Real Boston Tea Party
December 16th is the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party This Day in history: the Boston Tea Party The midnight raid, popularly known as the “Boston Tea Party,” was in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax…
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Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July everyone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_%28United_States%29 “Independence Day of the United States, also referred to as Fourth of July or July Fourth in the U.S., is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by the Continental Congress declaring that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a…
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The First Earth Day Boston Mass
I was looking for some info on the first Earth Day and I came across this really cool footage of students trying to have a peaceful protest at Logan and then all hell broke loose. Innocent people trying to make a point get arrested. Then I found this years version. Quite a difference from the…
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