The Bostonian Society and the British Consul are hosting a street party complete with donuts and cake, traditional live music, Shakespeare performances, and Red Coat re-enactors.
The party, open to the public, is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the pedestrian mall outside the Old State House at the corner of State and Washington Streets.
The tradition of street parties became popular in Britain around the end of World War I to celebrate national events by decorating neighborhood streets and offering food and drink, according to the Bostonian Society
The Boston event, co-hosted by British Consul General to New England, Dr. Phil Budden, and Brian J. LeMay, president of the Bostonian Society, will feature cake and donuts from Montilio’s Baking Company and Dunkin’ Donuts; performances by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company; and a re-enactors of the 10th Regiment of Foot portraying British Army in Revolutionary America.
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