**NEWS FLASH: The Iced Coffee That Toppled an Empire? History Buffs Spot Eerie Echo of 1773 in Dunkin’s Freebie**
NEWS FLASH: The Iced Coffee That Toppled an Empire? History Buffs Spot Eerie Echo of 1773 in Dunkin’s Freebie
BOSTON, MA – History buffs are drawing jaw-dropping parallels between Dunkin’s nationwide “Free Coffee Day” on May 19—where millions will receive a complimentary medium iced coffee—and the infamous Boston Tea Party of 1773.
“It’s a stunning echo, if you know where to look,” says Dr. Elias Crane, a historian at Northeastern. “The original protest was a revolt against a foreign tax on tea. Fast forward 251 years, and we have a corporation basically giving away the very symbol of caffeinated resistance—iced coffee—on a date that falls exactly four days after the 250th anniversary of the Tea Act’s repeal. The symmetry is uncanny.”