This night 250 years, Patriots thinly disguised as  “Pickwacket Indians” boarded a sloop named the Cynthia moored in the harbor of York, Massachusetts (now York, Maine). They removed around 150 pounds of tea, but instead of dumping it in the harbor, they carried it ashore and it reportedly was never seen again.

Sources: True Maine Patriots: The Little-Known Story of the York Tea Party | https://wcyy.com/true-maine-patriots-the-little-known-story-of-the-york-tea-party/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral; https://www.oldnorth.com/blog/an-unknown-tea-party-york-me-september-15th-1774/

On this day 250 years ago “a number of inhabitants of that Town [of Easton, Massachusetts] assembled together and erected a Tree of Liberty ninety-six Feet high, as a Monument to be had in everlasting remembrance of a united Agreement to maintain LIBERTY AND PROPERTY.”

Source: Boston Evening Post, Sep. 26, 1774

Also on this day 250 years ago, Willard Buttrick of Concord, Massachusetts made his powder horn from the horn of a cow. A few weeks later Buttrick joined the the company of Concord Minutemen commanded by his brother Captain John Buttrick. In April 1775 Willard Buttrick carried his powder horn at the Battle of Concord Bridge, the first American victory of the Revolutionary War. You can see Willard Buttrick’s powder horn on display at the North Bridge Visitor Center of Minute Man National Historic Park today.

Source: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/willard-buttrick-powder-horn.htm