This video explores the events of April of 1676, continuing to honor the nearly forgotten 350th Anniversary of King Philip’s War. Find out about the major events of this critical month that will mark the last great victory of Metacom’s forces in this clash of civilizations! Click here for a 19-minute video posted on April 30, 2026 by Stan Svec of Fishing Historic Places.

(Above) Historian Stan Svec stands next to a statue of John Mason and at the grave of Ephrium Huit, the oldest grave in the Palisado Cemetery in Windsor, CT. With tremendous victories highlighting march, including the destruction of a major garrison town and an entire trained band on the Pawtucket River, Philip and Canonchet (above, right) planned to break the cordon of fortified settlements guarding Boston with an attack on Sudbury.

(Above, left) The statue of “The Puritan” stands in Springfield, MA. A great victory inside the ring of hinterland garrisons brought more tribes to the side of Philip, and his confederated First Nations made his ultimate success inevitable.

(Above) Svec stands next to the marker for the site of the Haynes Garrison House. Approximately five hundred Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett Native Americans raided the frontier settlement of Sudbury on April 21, 1676. The battle was the last major Native American victory in King Philip’s War before their final defeat in August 1676.