The long and exhaustive discovery of my 3rd great grandmother, Mary Crane Wheeler, granted membership to the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program through her grandfather, Brigadier General John Crane, a member of the Sons of Liberty. I hit many roadblocks in my..

This year marks the 250^th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, which occurred on December 16, 1773. 92,000 pounds of tea from the British East India Company was destroyed by members of the Sons of Liberty to protest the Tea Act of May 10, 1773. The tax on tea (as well..