A five-session course on King Philip’s War in New England was held over the month of February, 2025 by Sowams Heritage Area Project Coordinator David Weed and Dr. Penny Donnehy. Click on each of the images on the left below for a video of each of the sessions:

(Above) Dr. Weed begins the first sesson by covering the conditions prior to and the causes of the War in this 88-minute video.

(Above) In the second session, Weed describes the outbreak of the War in Swansea in June, 1675 in this 57-minute session.

(Above) In the third session, Weed went through each of the major raids that occurred in the War in this 67-minute session.

(Above) Dr. Dennehy describes the course of the War that occurred in Maine between 1676 and 1678 in this 42-minute session.

(Above) Dr. Weed talks about what happened after the War and how it was interpreted in this 39-minute session.