Upcoming Events! – Battlefields of King Philips War http://kpwar.org A Project of the American Battlefields Preservation Project Wed, 25 May 2016 19:23:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 17th Century Encampment June 24-25, 2016 http://kpwar.org/2016/03/08/join-us-for-what-have-we-learned/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:51:04 +0000 http://kpwar.org/?p=294

Living History Event

17th Century Encampment

June 24 & 25, 2016   9:00-4:30pm at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center

Come and witness Colonial English, Dutch and Native cultures including demonstrations, crafts people and re-enactors reveal military and civilian daily life during the 1600’s.

Free with museum admission and for more information please visit: http://www.pequotmuseum.org/Events/?rid=983

We hope to see you there!

]]> Join us for the reopening of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center http://kpwar.org/2016/01/14/join-us-for-the-reopening-of-the-mashantucket-pequot-museum-and-research-center/ Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:18:55 +0000 http://kpwar.org/?p=277 Join us on April 1, 2016 during our reopening as we celebrate American Indian culture – past and present. See how our history-changing research informs modern life and beliefs. Join Native artists as they talk about and demonstrate their work. Enjoy the flavors and aromas of our new menu items in the Pequot Café: made with indigenous ingredients; sourced from local and indigenous vendors. Visit our Trading Post to see our new selection of Native-made goods, Powwow Supplies, and 17th Century Reproduction items!

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Take an immersive, eye-opening journey through time to learn about the land and its Native people. We promise a POWERFUL DRAMATIC, UNFORGETTABLE experience. The Pequot Museum’s award-winning, interactive, multi-media environment stimulates the senses, captures the imagination, and stirs the spirit.

Reminder! During the interim the museum will be open on Wednesday’s exclusively to Museum Members!  To schedule a visit, please contact Lucia Lopez at our Membership Office. If you are not currently a member you can purchase a membership now and bring your family and friends for a day at the museum any Wednesday.

Group Tours and will be available for rent to host corporate events, weddings, etc.

For more information contact:
Lucia Lopez
[email protected]
(860) 396-6824

]]> 17th Century Warfare, Diplomacy & Society in the American Northeast conference papers soon to be released! http://kpwar.org/2015/12/30/17th-century-warfare-diplomacy-society-in-the-american-northeast-conference-papers-soon-to-be-released/ Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:22:10 +0000 http://kpwar.org/?p=253 Papers released:

Select papers presented at the 17th Century Warfare, Diplomacy & Society in the American Northeast conference held at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, October 18-19, 2013 have been released! Each month tune in for a new paper.

The papers include a wide range of highly relevant topics pertaining to 17th century northeastern North America from some of the most innovative scholars in their respective fields.

]]> Panel Event at Wesleyan University http://kpwar.org/2015/12/02/panel-event-at-wesleyan-university/ Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:15:56 +0000 http://kpwar.org/?p=242 Indigenous Middletown: Settler Colonial and Wangunk Tribal History

At Wesleyan University on Saturday, December 5th from 10am-12noon for a panel event with:

Lucianne Lavin, Ph.D. – Director of Research and Collections at the Institute for American Indian Studies and author of Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples

Timothy Ives, Ph.D. – Principal archaeologist at the Rhode Island State Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission and scholar of Wangunk history

Reginald W. Bacon – Editor of The Middler, the newsletter of the Society of Middletown First Settlers Descendants

Gary O’Neil – Descendant of Jonathan Palmer and genealogist of the remaining Wangunks in the Middlesex County, organizer and leader of the Wangunks since the 1970’s

Location: Russell House, 350 High Street, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459

Free and open to the community ~ all are welcome! This event is wheelchair accessible and is sponsored by Wesleyan University’s American Studies Department, the Center for the Americans, and the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life. For more information, contact J. Kehaulani Kauanui 860-685-3768 or email: [email protected].

]]> JOIN US for “What Really Happened at the Falls?” http://kpwar.org/2015/05/29/june-26-27-2015-17th-century-encampment/ Fri, 29 May 2015 19:29:10 +0000 http://kpwar.org/?p=168 WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT THE FALLS?

Mapping the 1676 Battle of Great Falls/ Wissatinnewag-Peskeompskut

JOIN US!

WHAT: Mid-term project update and community discussion

WHEN: Saturday, September 19, 2015 1:00-4:00pm

WHERE: Auditorium, Turners Falls High School, located at 222 Turnpike Road, Montague, MA

Schedule of Events:

1:00-2:00         Mid-term Update on the Mapping Study from the Mashantucket Pequot Museum Research Team

2:00-2:15         Break

2:15-4:00         Panel Discussion featuring colonial historians, tribal histories, and academics

The purpose of this collaborative research project is to identify the likely locations of the King Philip’s War Peskeompskut (Turners Falls) Battlefield and associated sites through the examination of documentary records, archaeological collections, oral histories, and the use of military terrain analysis. The project is intended to engage local officials, landowners and the interested public in effort to locate and encourage the protection of the battlefield. 

Hosted by the Battlefield Grant Advisory Board: A consortium of five towns and four tribes

Sponsored by the Montague Planning Department and the National Park Service Battlefield Protection Program

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