I love the picture on this page in juxtaposition to the content of the article and the reality of the tea party. The image is a manifestation of the mythos we have about colonial Americans, a brashness that we have now come to feel as “American.” In reality the tea party was not a boisterous moment of political upheaval, but a swift and silent act of vandalism. An act perhaps less in the name of dissent, but committed out of simple frustration with the commonwealth. What I love about this image the most is the stars and stripes; already in use four years before its creation. Oh those time traveling colonials.
http://www.boston-tea-party.org/account-Joshua-Wyeth.html
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