Black Lives Matter demonstration. Asbury Park near Wesley Lake., June 1, 2020. Paul Goldfinger photograph. © Click to enlarge.
A view of AP near the New Jersey Avenue bridge; taken from the Ocean Grove side. The demonstrators passed the entrance to the OG bridge and continued eastward. June 1, 2020.©. Blogfinger.net. Click to enlarge.
Protesting can be a messy matter, but it is in the best traditions of our American origins. On December 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party was held:
Photograph by P. Goldfinger from a computer display.From the History Channel:
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.
It took nearly three hours for more than 100 colonists dressed as Indians to empty the tea into Boston Harbor. The chests held more than 90,000 lbs. (45 tons) of tea, which would cost nearly $1,000,000 dollars today.
Many American leaders were against this event including George Washington.
But this was about more than taxes. In 1770, the Boston Massacre occurred causing the deaths of 5 colonists, and the American people were still furious.
Below is a link regarding the Boston Tea Party.
www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
The Asbury event was fairly tame as such demonstrations go. Most Americans understand and tolerate protests.
I am reminded of this because we all need to recognize the importance of protesting, but we also need to encourage our local governments to make sure that there is no violence and/or destruction of our neighborhoods.
Just because a cause makes sense shouldn’t mean that the cost should be unlimited and unsafe.
–Paul Goldfinger, Editor at Blogfinger.net
JUDY COLLINS “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” was written in 1969 by Paul Simon.