CONWAY — The Center Conway Cemetery will be the site of a ceremony today at 11 a.m. honoring one of the purported participants of the Boston Tea Party of Dec. 16, 1773.
Evan O’Brien, creative manager for the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum will be on hand, along with Jonathan Lane, executive director of Revolution 250.
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