Sachem Massasoit Commemoration - Barrington, Rhode Island
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Placed nearly a century ago to commemorate Massasoit, a Native American leader from four centuries ago, a bronze plaque is mounted to a marble boulder in Barrington, Rhode Island.
Waymark Code: WM1770M
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2022
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Placed nearly a century ago to commemorate Massasoit, a Native American leader from four centuries ago, a cast bronze plaque is mounted to a marble boulder in Barrington, Rhode Island. The monument is beside a pair of evergreen trees on the south side of Rumstick Road where it meets South Meadow Lane. The verdigris marker reads:
THIS BOULDER MARKS
THE SITE OF
MASSASOIT SPRING
AND COMMEMORATES
THE GREAT
INDIAN SACHEM MASSASOIT
FRIEND OF THE WHITE
MAN AND CHIEF OF
THIS REGION WHEN THE
PILGRIMS LANDED AT
PLYMOUTH, 1620
THIS TABLET IS PLACED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PURPOSE OF THE LATE
THOMAS W. BICKNELL
BY THE RHODE ISLAND CITIZENS
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
AND ALGONQUIN INDIAN
ASSOCIATION, 1926
Organization that Placed the Marker: Rhode Island Citizens Historical Association and Algonquin Indian Association
Year Marker was Placed: 1926
Related Website: Not listed
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