A contemporary painting by artist Ruth Major of the Massasoit Ousamequin, who met the Pilgrims in 1621, and who was reburied at Burr’s Hill Park in Warren, RI in 2017, is now on display at the George Hail Library in that town. In the portrait, we see a red horseman’s coat given to him as a gift […]
State archaeologist Timothy Ives spoke at the Annual Meeting of the Barrington Preservation Society on the topic of “Stone Heaping Practices of Nineteenth-Century Farmers: New Insights from Archival Sources” on January 26, 2020 held at the Wharf Tavern in Warren, RI. Dr. Ives, who works as one of two archaeologists at the Rhode Island Historic […]
Writing in the January 2020 edition of the Seekonk Reporter, feature writer Leslie Patterson published an article about the Sowams Heritage Area project on page 46. In the article, she describes the goals of the project to help people explore the history of Sowams, the original homeland of the Pokanoket Tribe. She includes a link […]
Over fifty videos from the past year on the Sowams Heritage Area website have started to air once a week on the statewide Rhode Island PEG interconnect system. The one-hour shows will air on Channel 13 on Cox or Full Channel connections and on Channel 32 on Verizon cable connections. Currently the air times are […]
East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva welcomed about 75 people to a forum at Tockwotton on the Waterfront to present preliminary plans for the revitalization of the Watchemoket Square waterfront gateway district in East Providence, Ri and to solicit input from local citizens. The project will take advantage of new exits from Route 195 that will […]
Eight members of the Sowams Project Steering Committee met on January 14, 2020 to consider ideas for the next steps leading to establishing a National Heritage Area within the eight project communities over the next eight years. The group reviewed the progress-to-date on interpretive signage, brochure and pocket tour guide distribution, cable TV programming, collaboration […]
Sowams Heritage Area Project Coordinator Dr. David Weed greeted East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva at his first public coffee hour at Borealis Coffee Company in Riverside. The Mayor fielded questions and discussed a number of topics relevant to East Providence residents but took time to talk about the relevance of the Sowams Heritage Area Project […]
Pokanoket Nation Sagamore Po Wauipi Neimpaug (William Guy) was introduced to Mayflower author Nathaniel Philbrick at the Providence Athenaeum by Philbrick’s cousin, Timothy, ahead of his presentation at the Unitarian Church nearby on December 12, 2019. The Athenaeum, sponsor of the Author’s talk, provided a reception at which Philbrick met the Pokanoket Sagamore, Winds of […]
Sowams Heritage Area Coordinator David Weed presented the 17th century history of the Sowams Heritage Area to members of the Rehoboth History Club at the Blanding Public Library in Rehoboth on December 17, 2019. Club organizer Hank Coleman opened the program with a reference to Nathaniel Philbrick’s recent talk that was attended by ten members […]
Pokanoket Nation Sagamore Po Wauipi Neimpaug (William Guy) is introduced to Mayflower author Nathaniel Philbrick at the Providence Athenaeum by Philbrick’s cousin, Timothy, ahead of his presentation at the Unitarian Church nearby on December 12, 2019. The Athenaeum, sponsor of the Author’s talk, provided a reception at which the Author’s cousin, Timothy Philbrick (above […]