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The final Anti-Tea Party celebrating America's 250th anniversary will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Phelps-Tavenner House at 2401 Camden Ave. in Parkersburg.
Sponsored by the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society, which will host the event, the tea parties were organized with assistance of the Wood County Commission and call attention to the not only the Boston Tea Party, but also the 16 other tea parties that played a role in the advent of the Revolutionary War.
Other anti tea parties were held at the Cooper Cabin, Henderson Hall, Oakland and the Parkersburg Woman's Club.
The Phelps-Tavenner House, the headquarters of the historical society and the first courthouse of Wood County, will be open for tours of the house, research center and the grounds.