June 24, 2025 marks the 350th anniversary of the outbreak of King Philip’s War. This website is provided to capture existing resources about that event and to promote new resources as they become available over the next three years. Use the menu above to learn more!

June 20, 2024 marks the 350th anniversary of the conflict known most commonly as King Philip’s War—but also known as the First Indian War, the Great Narragansett War or Metacom’s Rebellion—began in today’s Warren, RI, and lasted for 14 months in southern New England from 1675 to 1676. It was the Indigenous people’s last-ditch effort to avoid recognizing English authority and to stop English settlement on their native lands. The war is named after the Pokanoket chief Metacom, later known as Philip or King Philip, who led the fourteen-month bloody rebellion. King Philip’s death on August 12, 1676 in today’s Bristol, RI, effectively ended the war, although clashes continued throughout New England until the Treaty of Casco was signed in 1678.