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For D.C. delegates, a modern Tea Party

By Brian MacQuarrie and Bryan Bender

Globe Staff / July 27, 2004

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To protest taxation without representation, what better spot than Boston Harbor? That was the idea yesterday as delegates from the District of Columbia, invoking the Boston Tea Party to gain publicity for their long-frustrated efforts to win voting rights in Congress, used silver scoops to dump South Carolina tea into the harbor. (Full Article: 576 Words)