The Re-enactment: Rebel colonists are thrown overboard with the tea by the crew of the Brigantine Geddes. Photo: Gibson Anthony
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Chestertown Tea Party Festival
As a reaction to the British closing the port
of Boston after the Boston Tea Party, the citizens of
Chestertown wrote a set of resolves that prohibited the
buying, selling, or drinking of tea, and, in an act of
colonial defiance, held their own tea party on the Chester
River in Chestertown five months later in May 1774. The
festival commemorates the historic event with a re-enactment
of the "tea party," parade, colonial music and dance, fife and
drum performances, puppet shows, colonial crafts
demonstrations and sales, military drills, and a walking tour
of the historic district. This historic town was established
in 1706. Other activities offered are boat rides, music,
Maryland Eastern shore food, a ten-mile distance run (the
oldest in the U.S.), and children's games and
storytelling.
Originally submitted by: Wayne T. Gilchrest, Representative (1st District).
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