CONWAY — Town Manager John Eastman and Selectman Ryan Shepard recently shared the news that the Conway Historical Society has been contacted by the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, which wants to place a commemorative marker on a Revolutionary War patriot's grave in the Center Conway Cemetery.
The soldier is Samuel Howard, who is credited with taking part in the Boston Tea Party of Dec. 16, 1773.
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