The Sowams Heritage Area Project signed an Organizational Partner agreement with Plymouth 400, the organization planning the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage and the founding of Plymouth Colony. This is a reciprocal marketing agreement that allows each to promote each others’ activities. Becoming an organizational partner will enable the Sowams Heritage Area Project to […]
The 17th Century Rhode Island Meetup Group met at Martin House in Swansea on September 22, 2019 for a tour of the house and a stop at Sachem’s Knoll nearby. The Martin House was first built in 1728 on a foundation of previous house that predates 1700. Volunteer docents describe some of the items in […]
Friends of Burial Hill co-founder and president Cheryle Caputo led a walk through the cemetery for a group from the Massachusetts Historic Preservation Conference in Plymouth, MA on September 20, 2019. Cheryle began the tour in front of the First Parish Church at the foot of Burial Hill. The congregation was founded in the English […]
The scope of King William’s War was immense. Known also as the Second Indian War, it lasted from 1688 to 1697. The War was fought between New France and New England along with their respective Native allies and was the first world war in that it was fought on two continents, Europe and North America. It was the first of six colonial wars […]
A colorful mural on the Billy Taylor Park overpass on Cypress Street in Providence depicts the story of the Narragansett and Pokanoket tribes who lived there long before the area was known as Mount Hope. Depicted on the mural are brothers Lee Braveheart and Harry the Hawk Edmonds, currently in their 80s, as well as Chief […]
Darius Coombs is Mashpee Wampanoag and has deep family ties to both Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. On September 4, 2019, he spoke about Wampanoag life ways, the maritime skills that connected the islands with the mainland, and historical events throughout the 17th century. The daily life of these communities was similar and they shared a […]
People attending the popular Labor Day Weekend Family Fun Day held at Burr’s Hill Park in Warren, RI, were offered the opportunity to learn about the Sowams Heritage Area at a display manned by Project Coordinator David Weed. Dozens of people who live in Warren near the Park were able to learn about the reburial […]
Participants in the August 25th Meetup group at Mt. Hope had a chance to meet with and listen to Pokanoket Sagamore William Guy (Winds of Thunder) as he related the history of his tribe during the 17th century, as well as to ask him questions. Sowams Heritage Area Project Coordinator David Weed led off the […]
About thirty people had a chance to get a brief glimpse of the Sturgeon Full Moon as it rose in a cloudy sky above North Tiverton, RI, on August 16, 2019. Organizer Ray Payson, President of the Bristol Land Conservation Trust, welcomed the crowd at the Mount Hope Farm in Bristol, RI, before they walked from the […]
An article written by Project Coordinator David Weed about the development of the Sowams Heritage Area was published on-line today in Prime Times, a give-away magazine available in local stores.. In the article, Weed describes how he became interested in the 17th century history in and around Warren, RI, where he lives and went on […]