Boston Tea Party Protesters Honored With Special Markers In 4 Of City's Oldest Cemeteries

 

 

The Boston Tea Party's 245th anniversary is next month, but until Tuesday, the gravesites of the colonists who participated in the protest that helped spark the American Revolution have never been noted with any sort of special marker.

The Boston Tea Party Ships and... the City of Boston and the Historic Burying Grounds Initiative placed commemorative markers at final resting places of about 70 people who participated in the Dec. 16, 1773, protest.

They were placed in four of the city's oldest and most famous cemeteries, including the Central Burying Ground; Copp's Hill Burying Ground; the Granary Burying Ground; and King's Chapel Burying Ground.

"This extraordinary event was performed by ordinary people," Evan O'Brien, creative manager at the museum, told The Boston Globe. "You always hear the names of Paul Revere, John Hancock, Samuel Adams and they were pivotal to Boston's history and the nation's history, but the Revolution... and the actions that led up to it, were committed by people as ordinary as you and I."

Among the gravesites marked were those of the Bradlee brothersDavid, Josiah, Nathaniel and Thomasand their sister, Sarah Bradlee Fulton. She is known as the mother of the Boston Tea Party and is credited with coming up with the idea of disguising the men as Native Americans, according to the museum's website.

The image on the markers was inspired by Nathaniel Currier's "The Destruction of the Tea at Boston Harbor" lithograph created in 1846. They will remain on display until the end of the year.

This year is the 245th anniversary of the protest during which colonists protesting taxation without representation threw British tea into Boston Harbor. It is considered a pivotal event that led to the American Revolution.

In the future, organizers said they hope to place commemorative markers at the graves of Boston Tea Party participants buried throughout New England and the United States.

 

 

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Vocabulary : 

1. grave·site /noun : the location of a person's grave.

2. spark /noun :  a small fiery particle thrown off from a fire, alight in ashes, or produced by striking together two hard surfaces such as stone or metal

3. piv·ot·al /adjective : of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else

4. com·mem·o·ra·tive /adjective : acting as a memorial or mark of an event or person.

 

 

Questions : 

1.The first section of an article should answer the questions "Who?", "What?", "When?", and "Where?" Identify the four Ws of this article. (Note: The rest of the news article provides details on the why and/or how.)

2. Does this article have any bias? Why or why not?

3. What was the Boston Tea Party, and why is it important to remember this event?

4. As of 2018, how many years ago was the Boston Tea Party? On what date did it occur?

5. Name the four Boston cemeteries where commemorative markers have been placed.

6. Who was Sarah Bradlee Fulton, and how did she contribute to the Boston Tea Party? What are the names of other women revolutionaries, and what were their contributions?

7. The article states that the commemorative markers will be placed through the end of this year. Do you think these individuals deserve permanent markers? Why or why not?

8. What are some other important events that you think deserve more recognition? How do you think they should be remembered?