Dr. Francis J. Bremer, Professor Emeritus of History at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, and author of more than twelve books on Puritanism, examines what Puritans saw as the way to godliness and dispel common myths about their views on subjects such as drinking, sexuality, and dress. Click here for a 54-minute History Camp video of […]
On the former Bowen-Haile-Nunes Farmstead, a rare surviving representative of a 17th century Narragansett Bay saltwater livestock farm now given over largely to development, stands the oldest extant house in Warren. The Warren Land Conservation Trust acquired approximately sixty acres of the original farm land on the eastern shore of the Palmer River that now is […]
Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, grew up in Smithfiled, London, in the early 1600s before moving to America in 1631. During that time, he witnessed dozens of people being burned at the stake in West Smithfield for their religious beliefts. He knew Captain John Smith, who settled Jamestown in 1609, as he would […]
The British Museum in London cares for around 90,000 contemporary, historical and archaeological objects that reflect the diversity of culture spanning more than 12,000 years across a third of the world’s landmass. Among its holding are the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles, and a head from Easter Island. The British Museum also holds thousands of objects from the Americas including […]
Tomaquag Museum Executive Director Lorén Spears discussed a new edition of Roger Williams’ A Key into the Language of America which brings a Narragansett perspective to William’s 1643 best seller at the Rhode Island State Library on March 4, 2020, Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea introduced her to the assembled audience before through the […]
Sowams Heritage Area Coordinator Dr. David Weed gave a presentation on “Pokanokets & Pilgrims: Compromise & Conflict in the 17th Century” to an audience of forty people at the George Hail Library in Warren, RI on February 21, 2020. Dr. Weed contrasted the two cultures who were vastly different from one another but who managed to […]
Pokanoket Nation Sagamore Winds of Thunder (William Guy) related some of their history to internationally acclaimed British author Philippa Gregory (pictured right) while his daughter, Sachem Dancing Star and his grandson, Winding River, listened close to the Massasoit’s Seat at Mt. Hope in Bristol on February 13, 2020. The author was visiting from England to […]
Jean M. O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe) is Distinguished McKnight University Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, O’Brien is the author of Monumental Mobility: The Memory Work of Massasoit (with Lisa Blee, North Carolina, 2019). Dr. O’Brien’s spoke at Brown University on February 11, 2020 about […]
Members of the newly formed Rhode Island American Indian Heritage Commission met with Executive Vice President of Strategy & Community Investments Jessica David of the Rhode Island Foundation on February 10, 2020 to talk about ways they might collaborate to increase public awareness of the American Indian tribes in Rhode Island. Ideas expressed included speaking […]
Sowams Heritage Area Project Coordinator Dr. David Weed was interviewed by Bob Poniatowski on East Bay Today at the Portsmouth RI cable TV station on February 4, 2020. They taped a 10-minute interview for the “East Bay Today” show and then the half-hour “Time Capsule” show that each covered how the Sowams Heritage Area Project […]