NOVEMBER NEXT RMA MEETING Friday, NOVEMBER 08, 2024 at 10:00 AM in Person and via Zoom

RMA Meeting: Friday NOVEMBER 08^th 2024 10:00am

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION: Paul Motyka

TOPIC – “The Sudbury Fight: King Philip’s War” BY MARK NICHIPOR

On April 21, 1676, over five hundred Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett warriors attacked the frontier settlements of Sudbury (today Sudbury and Wayland) in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Various companies of English militiamen from nearby settlements marched to that town’s defense and were drawn into ambushes and suffered heavy losses.

The battle was the largest fight and the last major Native American victory in King Philip’s War before their final defeat in southern New England in August 1676. All but forgotten today, the sites and stories of this battle are still there to be found by the curious who look for them.

SPEAKER BIO:

Mark Nichipor is a local historian interested in the Colonial and Revolutionary History of New England. He was a National Park Service Ranger at Revolutionary War sites until retiring after nearly thirty years. He served as an instructor in the NPS Historic Weapons Safety Program and ran The Staff Ride Programs for military visiting Minute Man and Bunker Hill parks. He has a number of published articles on Revolutionary War history..

Starts 9:45 for coffee/socializing at the First Babtist Church of Sudbury, 162 Landham Rd, Sudbury, MA

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