In this Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 photo, visitors to the Boston Tea Party Museum throw replicas of historic tea containers into Boston Harbor from aboard a replica of the vessel Beaver, in Boston. The museum is encouraging Americans to send unused tea leaves to toss into Boston Harbor as part of the Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, annual re-enactment of the historic act of defiance that led to the Revolutionary War. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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BOSTON (AP) - Some Americans are airing their frustrations with modern politics through an annual re-enactment of the historic Boston Tea Party protest.
The Boston Tea Party Museum has been collecting donations of unused tea leaves for its Saturday evening commemoration of the seminal Dec. 16, 1773, protest that preceded the Revolutionary War.
Museum spokeswoman Stephanie Loeber says roughly 30 percent of the more than 200 submissions have come from people who say they're dissatisfied with today's political climate.
Submissions also have come from descendants of the original Tea Party participants and schoolchildren studying about the Revolutionary War.
The annual commemoration begins with a recreation of the fiery debates at the city's Old South Meeting House and ends with the dumping of tea off the museum's replica colonial ships.
In this Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 photo, maintenance worker Luis Cardona, of Revere, Mass., top, applies wood stain to replicas of historic tea containers as containers holding tea, foreground, rest on the floor in a workshop at the Boston Tea Party Museum, in Boston. The museum is encouraging Americans to send unused tea leaves to toss into Boston Harbor as part of the Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, annual re-enactment of the historic act of defiance that led to the Revolutionary War. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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This Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 photo shows a detail of a recent letter sent to the Boston Tea Party Museum, in Boston. The museum is encouraging Americans to send unused tea leaves to toss into the Boston Harbor as part of the Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, annual re-enactment of the historic act of defiance that led to the Revolutionary War. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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In this Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 photo Stephanie Loeber holds a handful of tea while standing over replicas of historic containers holding tea in a workshop at the Boston Tea Party Museum, in Boston. The museum is encouraging Americans to send unused tea leaves to toss into Boston Harbor as part of the Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, annual re-enactment of the historic act of defiance that led to the Revolutionary War. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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