Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI was the site of the 103rd meeting of the New England Historical Association (NEHA) Fall Conference on October 26, 2019. Associate Professor of History Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, Ph.D. (pictured left) hosted the conference with the assistance of faculty and staff. At noon, she offered a Land Acknowledgement of the Pokanoket […]
Dave Norton, host of the Seekonk Channel 9 TV show Discovering New England History, presented a personalized perspective of the Pilgrim story through the story of one family, John and Elizabeth Howland, at the Seekonk Public Library on October 23, 2019.Adult Services Senior Librarian Michelle Gario introduced Dave who suggested a number of sources for those […]
Indigenous People’s Day was recognized during Providence Honk, a festival that included Land Acknowledgement, Indigenous Artist Blessing and Performance and a Peoples’ Ribbon Cutting and Torch Procession across the Pedestrian Footbridge in downtown Providence on October 14, 2019. Click here for a ten-minute video of the event. (Above) Darlene Monroe, center, of the Narragansett […]
Indigenous People’s Day was recognized on October 14, 2019, during Providence Honk, a festival that included Land Acknowledgement, Indigenous Artist Blessing and Performance and a Peoples’ Ribbon Cutting and Torch Procession across the Pedestrian Footbridge in downtown Providence. Darlene Monroe of the Narragansett Nation spoke before Raymond Two Hawks Watson, Pomham Sachem of the Mashapaug […]
The 11th Annual Neutaconkanut Hill Conservancy Fall Festival on Neutaconkanut Hill was held on October 12, 2019, from Noon to 4:00 p.m. at the Hilltop Meadow on Legion Memorial Drive. Members of the Providence Police Department Mounted Unit rode two Clydesdales onto the Meadow where people are gathered to hear music by Michael Wendoloski and roast marshmallows over […]
Anne DiMonti, Director of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island Nature Center and Aquarium in Bristol, RI, invited Dr. David Weed to give a talk on Native and colonial history of the area on October 11, 2019. Dr. Weed took the audience back to the 17th century when enormous changes took place involving the encounter between […]
Public Archaeology Laboratory Project Archaeologist Erin Flynn spoke about her work in and around Swansea, MA to members the Swansea Historical Society on October 9, 2019. Historical Society president Carl Becker introduced Erin, who grew up in Swansea, to the Society members at one of their monthly meetings held at Christ Church in Swansea. Erin […]
The 18th century Maxwell House on Water Street in Warren, RI was the venue for a presentation on the Sowams Heritage Area Project by Coordinator Dave Weed on October 8, 2019. Dr. Weed began by describing how the remains of the Massasoit Ousamequin, who met the Pilgrims in 1621, were returned to an ancient royal Pokanoket […]
East Providence Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Laura McNamara introduced Dr. David Weed at the first event of the Watchemoket Square Day in the Tockwotton Theatre. He gave a 45-minute talk about the relationship between the Pokanoket Tribe and the English Pilgrims during the 17th century that supported half a century of peace. Weed talked […]
Visitor Services Supervisor and Rhode Island College Adjunct Professor of Communication, Jim Lopes, (left) invited Dr. David Weed, Project Coordinator for the Sowams Heritage Area to speak at the Heritage State Park “Lunch Meets Lecture” series on October 2, 2019. Dr. Weed spoke in the Visitor’s Center auditorium for about an hour about the Project […]