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Spirit of 1676: remembering the Native American cataclysm of King Philip’s war
The conflict that tore through New England 350 years ago was the bloodiest per capita in colonial or US historyMassachusetts is proud of its ties to the American Revolution. From Paul Revere’s Ride to the siege of Boston, the past year-plus has been devoted to celebrating 250 years of US independence. Yet during this time, the state, and New England in general, has given far less attention to an older, more complex remembrance: The 350th anniversary of King Philip’s war.King Philip, or Metacom, was an Indigenous leader from the Pokanoket people. Alarmed by English colonists’ infringement of In...
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