A free event to give visitors a perspective on Pokanoket life in the East Bay (Sowams) from past centuries to the present day through dancing, singing, drumming, storytelling and displays on Pokanoket history and culture.
Dr. David Weed, Coordinator of the Sowams Heritage Area Project, will offer a 90-minute presentation to the Friends of the Somerset Library group at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 8, 2025. The talk will focus on the outbreak of the war that took place not far from Somerset in June of 1675, as well as […]
2025 marks the 350th anniversary of the start of The War for New England (King Philip's War). In response to this important assertion of the sovereignty of Dawn land's Indigenous peoples, colonial officials instituted a widespread policy of captivity, enslavement, and trafficking people out of Dawnland into the Caribbean, Mexico, North Africa, the Azores, and […]
2025 marks the 350th anniversary of the start of King Philip’s War, a brutal, two-year struggle between New England’s Native Americans and their English neighbors. Fought in southern New England from 1675 to 1676, the War ended fifty years of peace and changed the cultural and political landscape of New England forever. Schultz will review […]
The Bristol Historical and Preservation Society and Rogers Free Library are commemorating the 350th anniversary of the King Philip War with a Book Club session on April 5th. On June 20, 1675, Pokanoket warriors killed seven colonists in Swansea in retaliation for a series of injustices suffered at the hands of the English. Generally considered […]
Noted Quaker historian Elizabeth Cazdan will speak on the early Quaker history of King Philip’s War at the Rogers Free Library in Bristol, RI. She will highlight the role that John Easton, the Quaker deputy governor of Rhode Island, in the winter of 1675-1676 who wrote an account of the beginnings of King Philip’s War […]
2025 is the 350th anniversary of King Philip's War - a conflict between many of the local Native American tribes and English colonists that lasted from 1675-1676. It was fought primarily in Massachusetts, and had the highest per capita casualties of any other war that America has ever been involved in. Michael J. Tougias, co-author with […]
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: COMMEMORATION OF THE GREAT FALLS MASSACRE, GREAT FALLS DISCOVERY CENTER, TURNERS FALLS, MA
The 350th Anniversary panel discussion of King Philip’s War is free and open to the public. Registration is not required Panel participants: Carole Brown, chair of the East Providence Mayor's Council on Indigenous Affairs David Weed, coordinator of the Sowams Heritage Area Project Strong Turtle (Don Brown Jr.), Historian of the Pokanoket tribe Rev. Samuel […]
The Old Colony History Museum is proud to host Passport to History for the ninth consecutive year! Launched in 2017, Passport to History invites both visitors and local residents to explore the rich heritage of Southeastern Massachusetts. This collaborative program offers a unique opportunity to discover the stories, sites, and communities that have shaped our region’s past—and deepen your […]