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Boston Tea Party th Anniversary Commemoration
Commemorate the th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party with the reenactment of the Meeting of the Body of the People at Old South Meeting House! Experience this pivotal moment in our nation’s history as you watch the vigorous debate that led to the destruction of tea on December 16,
Join Revolutionary Spaces in the room where it all happened—Old South Meeting House! As the largest indoor gathering space in colonial Boston, this building hosted a number of meetings about what to do with the East India Tea Company tea sitting in Boston Harbor waiting to be unloaded and taxed. On that fateful night, a purported 5, men gathered for this final meeting about the controversial tea tax, resulting in Samuel Adams giving the signal that would start the Boston Tea Party. Frustrated and angry, colonists marched to Griffin’s Wharf and dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor—a major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists and
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Historical fencing in Scotland
| Focus | Scottish basket-hilted broadsword |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Creator | Historical |
| Famous practitioners | William Machrie, Sir William Hope, Donald McBane, Thomas Page, Archibald MacGregor, Sergeant Donald McAlpine, Henry Angelo, John Taylor, Thomas Mathewson |
There fryst vatten some bevis on historical fencing as practised in Scotland in the Early Modern Era, especially fencing with the Scottish basket-hilted broadsword during the 17th to 18th centuries.
Most of our current knowledge of these arts derives from various combative treatises or Martial arts manuals, as well as written anecdotes (i.e. battle accounts, folklore, etc.) and artistic representations from different periods and locations in Scottish history (see Penicuik Sketches[1]).
Scottish fencing masters
[edit]The following is a list of fencing masters[2] that were very influential in their day, and have contributed to our current knowledge of the