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U.S. NEWS Monday 17 deceMber 2018

Tea thrown into harbor

for anniversary of

Boston Tea Party

BOSTON (AP) — Tea will Shawn Ford, executive di-
once again be thrown into rector for the Boston Tea
Boston Harbor to mark the Party Ships and Museum,
245th anniversary of the said it's important to mark
Boston Tea Party. the anniversary because it
Sunday is the anniversary was the "single most impor-
of the protest during which tant event that led to the
colonists protesting taxa- American Revolution."
tion without representation "Simply put, if the Tea Party
threw British tea into Boston didn't happen, we could
Harbor in what is consid- be British today," he said.
ered a pivotal event that "The citizens of Boston
led to the American Revo- stood up and were willing
lution. to risk their lives, families,
The Old South Meeting homes and fortunes based In this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 photo, a discarded beam rests in the driveway of the home where
House and the Boston Tea on this idea that men of Sarah Clayes lived, in Framingham, Mass., after leaving Salem, Mass., following the 1692 witch
Party Ships and Museum this country should be free trials.
are organizing the reenact- from taxation without rep- Associated Press
ment. It will feature more resentation."
than 40 crates of loose tea He said the destruction of For sale: Restored home of
was sent in from across the tea in Boston "changed the
the harbor as part of the Harriet Cross, the British Salem witch trials refugee
country to be thrown into world."

event. consul general to New Eng-
Organizers are expecting land, will welcome attend- By MARK PRATT the property. nal home built at the site in
thousands of spectators at ees to celebrate the cur- BOSTON (AP) — A once- "We've already done tours, 1693 remains. The structure
the annual event, which rent relationship between run-down historic home and I had people com- still standing dates to 1776.
will shut down streets Sun- Boston and the United that stands where a wom- ing up to me practically in After a foreclosure around
day night in Boston. Kingdom.q an accused of witchcraft tears, they were so thrilled 2000, the privately owned
during the 1692 Salem we had saved this house," home was abandoned
Report: Federal Air witch trials settled after she she said. and became derelict . It
was spared the noose is on Sarah Clayes was jailed was vandalized and de-
Marshal Service the market after an exten- during the 1692 witch trials, faced with graffiti.
sive renovation project.
which claimed the lives of The trust was created to
curtailing surveillance The home in Framingham, 20 people, including her make renovations that
Massachusetts, known as sisters, Rebecca Nurse and turned out to be way more
the Peter and Sarah Clayes Mary Easty. She was freed complicated than antici-
House, hit the market Thurs- in 1693 when the hysteria pated, said Murphy, who
BOSTON (AP) — The Feder- “no longer capturing” any
al Air Marshal Service says “routine passenger behav- day with an asking price of died down. herself spent hours scraping
it’s curtailing a domestic iors on a plane that would $975,000. An open house is Sarah and her husband, paint and pulling weeds to
surveillance program that’s be seen as normal behav- planned Sunday. Peter, along with other help her contractor hus-
been accused of spying on ior.”. Annie Murphy, executive members of their extended band, Ned, complete the
thousands of unwitting pas- Agency officials say mar- director of the Framingham family, resettled on land work.
sengers who are not sus- shals no longer document History Center and a mem- about 35 miles (55 kilome- The property includes a
pected of a crime or ap- travelers’ minor move- ber of the trust formed to ters) southwest of Salem 150-year-old American
pear on a terror watch list. ments and behavior, such save the structure that had that in 1700 became the elm, a brook and the ruins
The agency’s new director, as whether they use the fallen into disrepair, is confi- town of Framingham. of an old mill.
David Kohl, tells the Boston restroom during a flight or dent someone who appre- Historians acknowledge "It's been a labor of love,"
Globe that air marshals are fidget in the airport.q ciates history will snap up that little, if any, of the origi- Murphy said.q