October marked a huge month for the Tuckerton Historical Society, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of both the organization and its locale, the Giffordtown Schoolhouse Museum, at 35 Leitz Blvd. in Little Egg Harbor.

Both Tuckerton borough and Little Egg Harbor Township, (described by the society as “two towns entwined in each other’s history,” awarded proclamations to the organization, honoring Tuesday, Oct. 18 as Tuckerton Historical Society Day.