← Signs of the Times: Tea Party Protests

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By Deborah Creighton Skinner | Published July 15, 2010 | Full size is 603 × 475 pixels

The Tea Party movement can be traced back to 2009 after a series of locally and nationally coordinated protests in response to the Wall Street bank bailout, the stimulus package, and the healthcare reform bills. The name is a reference to the Boston Tea Party, which was a protest by American colonists against taxes imposed on them by the British. (Source: Pargon’s Flickr feed)

The Tea Party movement can be traced back to 2009 after a series of locally…