Greenwich Tea Party

Greenwich Tea Party

The Greenwich Tea Party was an incident that took place on December 22, 1774, early in the American Revolution, in what is now Greenwich Township, a small community in Cumberland County, New Jersey on the Cohansey River. That night, a load of tea meant to be sent overland into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was torched by a group of 40 Patriots dressed as Native Americans. The event took place a year after the Boston 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 marry Jefferson 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] On September 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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