- Greenwich Tea Party
The Greenwich Tea Party was an incident that took place on
December 22 ,1774 , early in theAmerican Revolution , in what is now Greenwich Township, a small community in Cumberland County,New Jersey on theCohansey River . That night, a load oftea meant to be sent overland intoPhiladelphia ,Pennsylvania was torched by a group of 40 Patriots dressed as Native Americans. The event took place a year after theBoston Tea Party .One participant of the Greenwich Tea Party was
Richard Howell , who would become the third governor of the state of New Jersey and whose granddaughter,Varina Howell , would marryJefferson Davis , President of the Confederacy.In 1908, the Cumberland County Historical Society erected a monument to mark the event, which is located at Main Street at Market Square in Greenwich Township. [ [http://www.co.cumberland.nj.us/content/163/233/403/default.aspx Cumberland County - Greenwich Tea Burning: 1774] , accessed
September 27 ,2008 ] OnSeptember 27 and 28, 2008, there will be a weekend celebration of the 100th anniversary of the monument.References
External links
* [http://www.getnj.com/storiesofnewjersey/sojpg93.shtml The Burning of the Tea at Cohansey]
* [http://greenwichteaburning.weebly.com The Last Tea Party]
* [http://www.cchistsoc.org/teaburnerscelebration.html 100th Anniversary of the Monument Celebration]
* [http://www.ojhammell.com The O.J. Hammell Co., builders of the Tea Burning monument]
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