On August 28, 2020, a 71-year-old Warren man completed a 25-mile row from Providence to Newport yesterday in training for the 350^th anniversary of the August 8, 1672 trip that Roger Williams completed when he was 70. “I didn’t know for sure that I could make it,” remarked avid rower Rock Singewald, “but I’m glad I gave it a try.” The trip took Singewald four hours, and he got help from a northwest wind and favorable tides. Williams left in the morning and arrived in Newport a little before midnight. “I’m sure my boat was a lot lighter and easier to row than Williams’,” commented Singewald. He and other local rowers want to recreate the trip on the 350^th anniversary in two years. “I know a lot of serious rowers who would love the challenge, either solo or with a crew,” he added. Singewald is part of a group working on the Sowams Heritage Area Project to establish a National Heritage Area from Providence to Bristol to interpret the events of the 17^th century in the East Bay. Click here for a 25-second report on Channel 12 News.