THE LEXINGTON TEA BURNING

 

ABOUT THE LEXINGTON TEA BURNING
Three days before the Boston Tea Party, citizens of Lexington burned all their tea in a common bonfire, and issued a stirring resolution supporting the people of Boston, announcing that anyone in Lexington who used tea would be treated “as an enemy of this town and this country.” The resolution also contained these fiery words which resonate down through history: “Should the State of Our Affairs require it, We shall be ready to Sacrifice our Estates, and every thing dear in Life, Yea & Life itself, in support of the common Cause.”