NOT Your Boston Tea Party

With the nation’s 250th birthday on the horizon, the public is invited to remember the Boston Tea Party in Charlemont. Emily Dickinson Museum director Jane Wald will touch on the social functions of tea in 19th-century America … and at the end of the 18th century with the Boston Tea Party. She will also show photographs of tea paraphernalia in the museum's collection. At the end of the afternoon, tea will be dumped nearby. Singing may ensue.

The tea party will take place on Saturday, December 13, at 2 p.m. at the Tyler Memorial Library in Charlemont’s historic town hall at 157 Main Street (Route 2) in Charlemont. Please enter at the rear of the building.

Tea will of course be served. Cookies are welcome. Admission is free.

This event is co-sponsored by Museum on Main Street: More Voices, More Votes; Mohawk Trail Regional School; and the Friends of the Tyler Memorial Library, with support from Mass Humanities and the Charlemont-Hawley Arts Council.

For further information, call Tinky at 413-339-4747.