Upcoming 17th Century Related Events Tuesday, September 26, 6:00 – 7:30 PM, “Puritans” and Others in 17th-Century Boston with Professor David Hall, Free, live in-person at Suffolk University, Boston, and on-line Thursday, October 12,11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Virtual History Book Club – An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Free, open to the public Wednesday, October […]
A Steering Committee comprised of a coalition of Pokanoket leadership; town planners; representatives of tourism entities, historical societies, and museums; and other volunteers is leading the feasibility study to consider development of a new National Heritage Area in MA and RI. The public is invited to become involved through by attending a public input session […]
Melissa Parson, her husband and sound person, John Ewing, paid a visit to Margaret’s Rock with their friend and script writer, Rebecca Hughes (pictured left), on July 24, 2023. Melissa is a documentary filmmaker, videographer, and descendent of Roger Williams from Seattle who is working on a film about Williams and visited to get footage […]
Following a visit last year by Northeast Outreach and Engagement Manager Timothy Leonard of the National Parks Conservation Association‘s Northeast Regional Office in New York City, the Association recently donated $5,000 to the Sowams Heritage Area Project. The funds will be used to complete the feasibility study that is currently underway that will be submitted to […]
(Left) A dozen participants in the Lifelong Learning Collaborative visited the Seat of Metacom in Bristol, RI as part of an eight week series of meetings from June 30th to August 18th to explore 17th century locations in Sowams, the home of the Massasoit Ousamequin. Titled “Forget Plymouth Rock – It All Started Right Here: […]
In this conversation with Dr. David Weed of the Sowams Heritage Area Project we discuss the history of the Pokanoket tribe of eastern Rhode Island and the pivotal role their tribe played in our nations history. Click here to listen to the 36-minute conversation on Apple Podcasts, and click here to view the conversation on […]
Plimoth Patuxet Museum Executive Director Ellie Donovan and Deputy Director Richard Pickering paid a visit to Sowams on June 15, 2023 as a follow-up to a presentation that Pickering did on March 22nd with Pokanoket Tribal Historian Donald Brown, Jr. at Roger Williams University recognizing the 400th anniversary of Pilgrim Edward Winslow’s encounter with the […]
The Papitto Opportunity Connection (POC) provides grants, scholarships, and microloans to unique and narrative changing programs that are designed to create success stories for Rhode Island’s Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. On April 5, 2023, POC awarded the Sowams Heritage Area Project a $25,000 grant. Papitto regularly has conversations, small and large, […]