Old South Meeting House

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Tea Time – Built in 1729 as a Congregational church, Old South was the largest building in colonial Boston and often served as a town meeting site when events became too large for Faneuil Hall. One of the largest crowds showed up on Dec. 16, 1773. After exploding in outrage over the new British tax on tea, they proceeded to Boston Harbor, where they had a tea party of their own. The spectacle is re-created annually on that date. – – When the British later occupied the city, they turned the building into a stable for their Lighthorse 17th Regiment of Dragoons, even…