CONWAY — On Tuesday morning, representatives of the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum and Revolution 250 joined Conway town representatives and Conway Historical Society members.
They gathered to place a commemorative medal at the grave of Samuel Howard, one of the purported participants of the Boston Tea Party of Dec. 16, 1773.
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