No Taxation Without Representation!

Living in the cradle of the Revolutionary War that is Boston, we are often called upon to take note of important historical dates. Usually, we do this by taking a day off from work, which we frequently accompany with heavy drinking. This weekend, however, in honor of the 232nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, it's all history and no holidays or boozing it up: On Sunday at 5:30 p.m., the Old South Meeting House on Washington Street downtown (across from Borders) will host a reenactment of the protest rally that led to the dumping of tea in the harbor to protest British taxes and general meanness. There will, undoubtedly, be period costumes and, Bostonist suspects, some fake British accents. Although the Meeting House website doesn't make it clear, the person who answered the phone there assured Bostonist that the rally will actually be followed by a walk down to the Fort Point Channel, where actual tea will be dumped into the actual water. Those wishing for a touch more historical accuracy (or, at least, calendar accuracy) can wait until the 16th to pitch tea into the water (although discretion should be used, as such behavior is, technically, illegal). And those who will settle for nothing less than unwavering faith to the record can wait until the evening of March 5 and have themselves shot by British officers.

As this engraving by Nathaniel Currier shows, the tea partiers disguised themselves as Mohawks because, um, Native Americans caught destroying British property would get off easier than white people?