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Anawan Rock

Coordinates: 41°51′54″N 71°12′52″W / 41.86500°N 71.21444°W / 41.86500; -71.21444
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Anawan Rock
Anawan Rock is located in Massachusetts
Anawan Rock
Anawan Rock is located in the United States
Anawan Rock
LocationRehoboth, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°51′54″N 71°12′52″W / 41.86500°N 71.21444°W / 41.86500; -71.21444
Built1676
Architectural styleLarge rock shaped like a dull dagger
MPSRehoboth MRA
NRHP reference No.83000619 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1983
Sign at Anawan Rock Historic Site

Anawan Rock is a colonial historic site in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. It is a large dome of conglomerate rock (puddingstone) located off Winthrop Street (U.S. Route 44) in a wooded site reached by a short footpath. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

History

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On August 28, 1676, Captain Benjamin Church and his group of colonial soldiers captured Anawan, the war chief of the Pocasset People. He was an old man at the time, and a chief captain of Metacomet, who had been captured and killed by the colonists two weeks earlier. The capture of Anawan marked the final event in King Philip's War.[2] Although Church promised to spare Anawan's life upon his capture, he was ultimately executed by colonial officials.[3] Anawan Rock is one of the few physical sites from the war still intact.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ taken from sign at historic site
  3. ^ Sabin, Edwin L. "The Capture Of Old Chief Annawan (1676)". 18th Century History -- The Age of Reason and Change. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  4. ^ "Anawan Rock, Rehoboth – Sowams Heritage Area". Retrieved 2021-11-21.
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