Historical event · December 16, 1773
Boston Tea Party (1773)
On December 16, 1773, Sons of Liberty boarded three ships at Griffin’s Wharf and dumped 342 chests of East India Company tea into the harbor.
Why it matters
One of the oldest things still standing in the region — dated to 1773, and tied to 5 other entities across four centuries of the city’s record.
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Now, then, future
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Now
Thenquiet enough to notice details. Best now: one good detour.
1722: Brewer, agitator and master political organizer (1722–1803) — architect of the Sons of Liberty, the committees of correspondence, and the meetings that became the Tea Party.
Future2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.
Current modegolden hour
Historical echoSamuel Adams
Connected eventGreat Boston Fire (1872)
Pulse
How it feels right now
Current energyquiet enough to notice details
Best nowone good detour
Best timegolden hour
localwalkableconnected
Rain scoremodest
Indoor escapes within a few blocks.
Laptop friendlinesslow
Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.
Student presencepresent
How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.
Tourist pressurelow
Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.
Historic densitystrong
Older records and historical edges around this object.
Serendipitypromising
Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.
Turn this into a walk
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The editor's hand
Human recommendations
Civic memory
What this meant before
17731773Boston Tea Party (1773) enters the civic record here.1765Liberty Tree & the Stamp Act Riots (1765)On August 14, 1765, Boston crowds hung the stamp officer in effigy from a great elm near the Common — the Liberty Tree.1729Old South Meeting HouseThe 1729 meeting house where over 5,000 colonists gathered on December 16, 1773 — the meeting that ended with the Boston Tea Party.1722Samuel AdamsBrewer, agitator and master political organizer (1722–1803) — architect of the Sons of Liberty, the committees of correspondence, and the meetings that became the Tea Party.
- Date
- December 16, 1773
- Graph connections
- 5
In the graph 5 relationships — first-class data, not links
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Located in
Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk
Attraction · 1 min walk
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
Museum / Cultural · 1 min walk
Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum
Museum / Cultural · 2 min walk
Boston Children’s Museum
Historical context
An unexpected connection
Boston Tea Party (1773) is linked, through the graph, to Boston — city, 13 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.
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NearbyA few minutes’ walk away
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From the Revolutionary eraOf the same period
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How we know graph confidence — we explain our certainty, not just assert it
✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional
✓Independent corroboration2 sources
✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified
✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source
✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
Mass. Historical Society Primary / institutional
NPS Primary / institutional
Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count
Relationship density51
5 connections
Record coverage66
metadata completeness
Graph authority73
centrality + reach + trust
Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read
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