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Update at the bottom.

WTOC 11 dropped by the Beaufort Tea Party rally yesterday, September 12, and has some video of the crowd and a brief chat with one of the people there.

Watch it over here.

About what you'd expect, a crowd gathered at and around a speaker under the pavilion at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. To me the crowd looks to be maybe the same size but likely smaller than last year's.

Also, The Island Packet has a photo but appears to not have put it online. You can see the photo on the Newseum, though.

Update September 16: The Island News has just gotten around to publishing a write-up of the event and some of the remarks; read their report here. 

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