The Sudbury Fight: King Philip's War (Fort Devens Museum)

Image from The History of King Philip by Jacob Abbott, 1900

Saturday April 20, 1:00 PM

The Sudbury Fight: King Philip's War

On Saturday April 20th at 1:00 PM, the Fort Devens Museum welcomes Mark Nichipor to present a program on The Sudbury Fight.

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.

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.

The museum is open 10-3 on this day and admission to both the museum and the program is free of charge. Thanks to the Harvard Cultural Council.

In-person program
Free and Open to the Public
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