May 1 was a perfect day for a show of patriotism in the form of a wreath-laying on two graves of Revolutionary War veterans, Reuben Tucker and his son Ebenezer, in the Old Methodist Church graveyard on Church Street in Tuckerton.
PIPING: Keith Tice of Shamrock and Thistle plays patriotic songs on the bagpipes during the ceremony.
FOUNDING FATHER: The grave of Reuben Tucker, who would participate in a tea party and whose son Ebenezer would fight in the Revolutionary War.
The event brought together the Colonel Richard Somers Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, hosts of the program, along with the New Jersey Society Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard; the Captain Joshua Huddy, Great John Mathis and General Lafayette…
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