by Kate Dolan | May 24, 2012 | Articles, Colonial America, Latest Posts, Living History
This weekend thousands of people will flood into the town of Chestertown, Maryland. They come for many things – multiple concerts, parades, wine tastings, a 5 K fun run – but these are attraction you can find almost anywhere during the Memorial Day holiday. What makes...
by Kate Dolan | Apr 19, 2012 | Articles, Colonial America, Latest Posts, Living History
On this day in 1774, men led by members of the colonial rebel group the Sons of Liberty boarded a ship at anchor, tore apart chests of tea and dumped them overboard. This was not the Boston Tea Party – it was The New York Tea party—one of several that most people have...