Overview
- Activist groups Boston Indivisible and Mass 50501 led a march from the Irish Famine Memorial near Old South Meeting House to the Waterfront Plaza before the symbolic ice-dumping.
- Participants dumped “clean ice” next to the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum in line with guidance from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Boston Conservation Commission.
- Only selected volunteers handled the dumping as families, children, and costumed marchers joined chants and projections such as “No ICE” on the Congress Street Bridge.
- Reported turnout varied by outlet from dozens to a crowd of hundreds, with one report citing an organizer claim of about 1,000 attendees.
- Coverage diverged by ideology, with local and progressive outlets highlighting symbolism and conservative commentators dismissing the action as performative.