A commemorative plaque was installed at a Sharon cemetery yesterday to recognize Boston Tea Party participant Anthony Morse, the Journal-Opinion reports.

Little is known of Morse’s early life. He was a tavern keeper in Worthington, Massachusetts in 1760 after moving there from Connecticut. He served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.  

Anthony Morse’s participation in the Boston Tea Party was mentioned in a letter to the Niles Weekly Register written by his son Lewis on June 22, 1819, in which he described his father as being among those most active in destroying the tea in Boston harbor.

This is the fourth commemorative plaque to be placed at a gravestone of a confirmed Boston Tea Party Participant in Vermont. The others were: Adam Beals Jr. at Greenwood Cemetery in Saint Albans, William Cox at West Fairlee Village Cemetery and Samuel Hammon at West Wardsboro Cemetery.

In New Hampshire, Boston Tea Party participant Ebenezer Mackintosh also has a commemorative marker installed at his grave in Horse Meadow Cemetery in North Haverhill.

Commemorative plaques have been placed in cemeteries in Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont, in addition to Kilkenny, Ireland and Paris, France.