James Huey Chapter members supports Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum by sending tea to be used in the Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party on December 16th 2023. The Chapter was able to mail loose tea that was dumped into Boston Harbor on the night of the event and received a certificate of appreciation for their support and a photo of the event.
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts.[2] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts. The Sons of Liberty strongly opposed the taxes in the Townshend Act as a violation of their rights. In response, the Sons of Liberty, some disguised as Native Americans, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company.