Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

10/12/2026

NEWS FROM 253 YEARS AGO: Several of the ships headed to the American Colonies carrying East India Company Tea have been delayed at the Port of Deal for the last several days due to intense winds blowing up the English Channel, making it nearly impossible to make any progress toward open sea.

10/11/2026

It was a meaningful week spent in Maine this with our partners at Revolution250 and the communities of Lubec, Lamoine, Islesboro, Bowdoin, and Portland recognizing and commemorating five Boston Tea Party Participants and Eyewitnesses. Many thanks to the many partners, organizations, and community supporters who joined us for each ceremony and helping to keep history alive!
Lubec; Lemuel Trescott (b.March 23, 1750 – d.August 10, 1826)
Lamoine; Elkanah Young (b.1745 – d.December 4, 1832)
Islesboro; Joseph Boardman (b.1750 – d.October 28, 1831)
Bowdoin; Thomas Brimigion (b.1754 – d.December 17, 1843)
Portland; Richard Hunnewell, Jr. (b.February 13, 1757 – d.May 14, 1823)
Pictured are descendants of Tea Party Eyewitness Joseph Boardman at his final resting place in Islesboro.

10/09/2026

Happy World Post Day! On July 4, 1973, nearly 200 years after the tea was thrown into Boston Harbor, the US Postal Service issued a block set of four 8-cent Boston Tea Party commemorative stamps as part of the upcoming American Bicentennial commemoration efforts. In 1772 Samuel Adams created the Boston Committee of Correspondence, a networking organization designed to communicate with Massachusetts townships the news or issues of the day. Within the next several months many of those townships had adopted their own Committees of Correspondence. In similar fashion, a network of American couriers, coach riders, and trusted travelers ferried mail and news and alarms if needed from township to township, colony to colony. On July 26, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the United States Post Office, naming Benjamin Franklin as its first Postmaster General.
Pictured is the 1973 Boston Tea Party Bicentennial block set of 8-cent stamps: British Merchantman ( #1480), British Three-Master Ship ( #1481), Boats and Ship's Hull ( #1482), and Boat and Dock ( #1483)

10/09/2026

Continued coverage from this week's journey to Maine with our friends at Revolution250 laying commemorative markers at the final resting place of Boston Tea Party Participants and Eyewitnesses. Many Thanks to our community partners in Islesboro for your support! Colonist Joseph Boardman (b. 1750 – d. October 28, 1831) moved his family to Islesboro, Maine in the Spring of 1774, mere months after witnessing the destruction of the East India Company tea at Griffin's Wharf on December 16, 1773.

Joseph Boardman’s descendants have spent years trying to get his involvement formally recognized.

10/07/2026

Crisp autumn air on Griffin's Wharf makes it the perfect season to explore Colonial Boston! Save when you bundle your museum admission with an Old Town Trolley Tours ticket. 🎟️ 🍂 Plan your fall trip: https://bit.ly/3Sn8CBq.

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10/07/2026

Great coverage of our commemoration ceremony in Lamoine, Maine this week at the final resting place of Patriot Elkanah Young (1745-1832) who is believed to have witnessed the single most important event leading up to the American Revolution! Thanks to the folks in Lamoine and our partners at Revolution250.

As part of America’s 250th anniversary, historians are making five stops across Maine this week to recognize people from the past who have direct connections to the Boston Tea Party. One commemorative marker ceremony for Elkanah Young was held Tuesday afternoon at Forest Hill Cemetery in Lamoine.

10/06/2026

We've gone Nor'east! This week we're up in Maine partnering with several communities and historical organizations and societies recognizing and commemorating a number of Boston Tea Party participants.
10/5: Lubec; Lemuel Trescott (1750-1826)
10/6: Lamoine; Elkanah Young (1745-1832)
10/7: Islesboro; Joseph Boardman (1750-1831)
10/8: Bowdoin; Thomas Brimigion (1754-1843)
and Portland; Richard Hunnewell, Jr. (1757-1823)

In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary year, members of the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum will place commemorative markers at the gravesites of five Maine men confirmed as Boston Tea Party participants. Those five men are buried in Islesboro, Lubec, Lamoine, Bowdoin, and Portland.

10/06/2026

in 1773 The vessel Dartmouth was spotted in the English Channel between Beachyhead and the Isle of Wight. Having left London just over a week ago with the East India Company tea onboard, Captain James Hall is making fairly good time considering intense windy conditions in the English Channel. Follow the progress of the tea ships to Boston 253 years ago!

10/04/2026

in 1773 Captain Benjamin Lockyer's vessel the Nancy, loaded with 698 chests of East India Company tea, clears London for New York and is headed down the Thames toward Gravesend and open sea.
Pictured is a portion of Shipping on the Thames off Rotherhithe by Samuel Scott; 1740s.