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Main Street Tree Honors Memory of Sag Harbor Residents Who Served as Tuskegee Airmen

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Lora Rene Tucket, left, and Michael Butler hold photos of their fathers, Lemuel Tucker and Charles M. Butler. Both men were Tuskegee Airmen, the first airplane pilots of color to serve in the U.S. military. CAILIN RILEY

Lora Rene Tucket, left, and Michael Butler hold photos of their fathers, Lemuel Tucker and Charles M. Butler. Both men were Tuskegee Airmen, the first airplane pilots of color to serve in the U.S. military. CAILIN RILEY

Sag Harbor resident Michael Butler holds a photo of his father, Charles M. Butler, who served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II. CAILIN RILEY

Sag Harbor resident Michael Butler holds a photo of his father, Charles M. Butler, who served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II. CAILIN RILEY

Sag Harbor resident Michael Butler holds a photo of his father, Charles M. Butler, who served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II. CAILIN RILEY

Sag Harbor resident Michael Butler holds a photo of his father, Charles M. Butler, who served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II. CAILIN RILEY

Sag Harbor residents gathered for a small ceremony on Main Street on Sunday to honor the memory of Sag Harbor residents who had served as Tuskegee Airmen, the unit that had the first pilots of color to serve in the U.S. military. Descendants of those veterans honored them as a ceremony dedicating a small tree on Main Street to them. CAILIN RILEY

Sag Harbor residents gathered for a small ceremony on Main Street on Sunday to honor the memory of Sag Harbor residents who had served as Tuskegee Airmen, the unit that had the first pilots of color to serve in the U.S. military. Descendants of those veterans honored them as a ceremony dedicating a small tree on Main Street to them. CAILIN RILEY

Sag Harbor residents gathered for a small ceremony on Main Street on Sunday to honor the memory of Sag Harbor residents who had served as Tuskegee Airmen, the unit that had the first pilots of color to serve in the U.S. military. Descendants of those veterans honored them as a ceremony dedicating a small tree on Main Street to them. CAILIN RILEY

Sag Harbor residents gathered for a small ceremony on Main Street on Sunday to honor the memory of Sag Harbor residents who had served as Tuskegee Airmen, the unit that had the first pilots of color to serve in the U.S. military. Descendants of those veterans honored them as a ceremony dedicating a small tree on Main Street to them. CAILIN RILEY

Former Sag Harbor residents Lemuel Tucker was a Tuskegee Airman. CAILIN RILEY

Former Sag Harbor residents Lemuel Tucker was a Tuskegee Airman. CAILIN RILEY

Sag Harbor resident Michael Butler holds a photo of his father, Charles M. Butler, who served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II. CAILIN RILEY

Sag Harbor resident Michael Butler holds a photo of his father, Charles M. Butler, who served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II. CAILIN RILEY

Lora Rene Tucker with a photo of her father, Lemuel Tucker, a Sag Harbor resident who was a member of the Tuskegee Air Force 332nd Fighter Group. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first airplane pilots of color to serve in the U.S. military. CAILIN RILEY

Lora Rene Tucker with a photo of her father, Lemuel Tucker, a Sag Harbor resident who was a member of the Tuskegee Air Force 332nd Fighter Group. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first airplane pilots of color to serve in the U.S. military. CAILIN RILEY

authorCailin Riley on Oct 7, 2025
Clutching black and white photographs of their fathers, Martin and Michael Butler and Lora Rene Tucker stood on Sag Harbor Main Street outside the Grenning Gallery, under the shade of... more

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