Luke’s services.įrom 3:00 to 5:00 pm, visitors can embark on a guided tour of the clinic located at 316 North Royal Avenue. This tradition, deeply rooted in the clinic’s history, offers a unique opportunity for residents to interact with the dedicated staff and witness firsthand the positive impact of St. Luke has hosted this open house as a heartfelt thank you to the community every year, barring the hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s event, scheduled for December 21, symbolizes gratitude and openness, reinforcing the bond between the clinic and the community it serves. Luke’s invites the public to its much-anticipated Christmas Open House. Known for its unwavering dedication to healthcare and community service, St. Luke Community Clinic in Front Royal, VA, is opening its doors for a special event. Luke Community Clinic.Īs the holiday season approaches, the St. The end result was rebellion and the War of Independence.Īnnual Open House Event at St. It was decided to boycott all British goods until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. Patriots in other colonies began siding with those in Massachusetts and which led to convening the First Continental Congress in September 1774. However, this only further infuriated the patriots. The Acts were meant to impose strict control over the colonies. These Acts closed Boston Harbor, took away home rule from Massachusetts, allowed British officials who committed a capital offense to be tried in another colony or Great Britain and forced all Americans to board British troops in unoccupied buildings. The British will know who we are.” The ladies proceeded to throw tea into a fire as a form of protest.Īs a result of these actions, the British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in April 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the tea party incident. We are signing our names to a document, not hiding ourselves behind costumes like the men in Boston did at their tea party. That only means we women have taken too long to let our voices be heard. Barker said “Maybe it has only been men who have protested the king up to now. The action resulted in 16 additional “Tea Parties” throughout the colonies, to included the ladies in Edenon, North Carolina, who were led by Penolope Barker in the first public, organized women’s protest in American History. Musket Squad firing, from left to right: Dale Corey, Sean Carrigan, Chip Daniel, Allan Phillips, Gary Dunaway, Paul Christensen and Jim Cridge. With that, it was shouted, “Who knows how tea will mingle with sea water?” Followed by “Boston Harbor, a teapot tonight,” and “The Mohawks are coming.” Sam Adams then proclaimed that nothing more could be done to save the country. That was denied and word was brought to the assembly by Francis Rotch. A request was sent to Governor Hutchinson to have the ships return to England with their load of tea. These Sons of Liberty led the debate concerning the tea tax. On December 16, 1773, there was a gathering of approximately 7,000 patriots in Boston, led by Dr Joseph Warren, Samuel Adams, Dr Benjamin Church and John Hancock among others at the Old South Meeting House. These ships, the Dartmouth, Eleanor and Beaver had a deadline to offload their cargo by December 17. In December of 1773, there were three ships (all owned by American colonists) in the Boston Harbor that were preparing to off load shipments of tea from Great Britain. The patriots were concerned about Parliament’s authority over the colonies without having any elected representation. They had passed tax act which gave a monopoly to the British India Tea Company. It was 250 years ago in 1773 that the American colonies were in the stages of revolt against the policies enacted by King George III and Parliament to force the colonies to pay for the French and Indian War. Participants from the Col James Wood II, Fairfax Resolves and Williamsburg SAR Chapters, Fort Loudoun and Ketoctin DAR Chapters and Lawrence Augustus Washington C.A.R.
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