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The story of tea has always been infused with intrigue, particularly when it became a flash point for tensions between England and Colonial America.  On the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773), learn about the brewing political problems tea presented in its history with Anglophile and former UK resident Claire Evans.  Then, author, genealogist, librarian, and former UK resident Debra Dudek examines the history of the Boston Tea Party's most famous partiers (and phonies), as well as how to trace bona fide participants through lineage societies and historical groups.

Claire Evans is an author, former journalist, attorney, and college lecturer who started her love of most things British as she and her mother watched countless Britcoms on PBS.  She studied abroad in London and, against all odds, she married a Brit she met in Peoria, Illinois.  They lived in England for a number of years.  Her business, Tea with Claire, grew from friends asking for travel advice.  Her bestselling memoir, High Tea and Low Down, is the true story of what it is really like top marry a witty Englishman and move to Britain.

This event is sponsored by The Friends of the Flint Memorial Library.