Show AT LEAST IT GOT pr RESULTS boston tea party parly lp however in blazed new pathway for the worlds progress celebrated ten tea party which was held debei december liber 16 1773 has within becent years been the sut sub eject of attack by iconoclasts not content with branding as a n myth tile the story of george washington and the cherry tree and cas ca ling aing reflections on oa paul revere the famous equestrian hero the idol have sought to prove that the tea party was in fact a beer party it was not the spirit of patriotism but the spirits imbibed in john duggans tavern which animated the immortal 62 disguised as indians indiana according to the ass assertion erdon made bya by a member of the states congress a few years ago this assertion naturally aroused much indignation anil and a great mass ot of evidence in rebuttal has been offered according to the defenders of tin the tea party john duggan the saloonkeeper who Is said to have supplied the beer which fired the patriotism of the drinkers thereof was only seven years old at the time of the boston occurrence and moreover was vas still in ireland mr duggan who later inter sold liquor refreshments to the thirsty of boston town was nas born la in 1760 and did not come to america until many years after the tea incident admitting these facts the allegations of the iconoclasts disproved in one important particular cula fall flat unless it can be shown that another john duggan conducted the thirst parlor of boston whether inspired by indignation or beer ho however weTer the result of the lie tea party was the S same ame detroit news |