Tag: Dec. 17 1773

HISTORY SHOWS THAT LIBERTY WAS WON BY DEEDS OF HEROISM & FORCE Testimony of George Hewes, participant in original Boston Tea Party, 1773 (Boston:  Dec. 18, 1773) — The tea destroyed was contained in three ships, lying near each other at what was called at that time Griffin’s wharf, and were surrounded by armed ships…