Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.
It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last.
Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party (open daily at the Old State House) invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party.
While walking through revolutionary scenes, manifestos, and displays, you can reassess your response to questions like: When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destroy property in the name of a cause?
Impassioned Destruction was made possible with support from MeetBoston.
Funding was also provided in part by Americana Corner for fabrication of exhibit features related to the 18th and early 19th Century, including the Boston Tea Party, the Stamp Act Riots, and the Charlestown Ursuline Convent Riots in 1834.
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$0-$15 Entrance is included in the cost of admission. General admission tickets include all-day access to two Freedom Trail sites—the Old State House and Old South Meeting House—and all exhibits within.
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revolutionaryspaces.org/explore/exhibits/impassioned-destruction/
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206 Washington St, Boston, MA, 02109 map
Phone: 617-720-1713
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