Helen Tjader spoke to BPS earlier this year on Sowams’s past as the home of the Pokanoket (Wampanoag) people long before the first Europeans settled here as part of the Plymouth Colony. She has called on all of us to work to establish a National Heritage district acknowledging the Pokanoket heritage of the Sowams area.
A version of this talk has been set to beatiful natural video footage by nature photographer Nat Rea, showcasing the natural beauty of Sowams:
As of February 18, 2014, the Barrington Preservation Society has a new website, at a new domain:
barringtonpreservation.org
The existing website (formerly at barrpreservation.org) has been revamped with a more modern back-end, which will allow us to keep our event listings and other information more current, and allow for future addition of more content to serve those interested in Barrington’s heritage. This change of domain also affects the principal contact information for our museum director, Carole Villucci, whose e-mail address is now: museumdirector@barringtonpreservation.org.