Anawan Rock
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Anawan Rock
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| image = Anawan Rock 1.jpg
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| location = Rehoboth, Massachusetts
| coordinates = {{coord|41|51|54|N|71|12|52|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA
| area =
| built = 1676
| architect =
| architecture = Large rock shaped like a dull dagger
| added = June 6, 1983
| mpsub = Rehoboth MRA
| refnum = 83000619
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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
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.taken from sign at historic site Although Church promised to spare Anawan's life upon his capture, he was ultimately executed by colonial officials.{{Cite web|last=Sabin|first=Edwin L.|title=The Capture Of Old Chief Annawan (1676)|url=https://www.history1700s.com/index.php/articles/20-military-history/1680-the-capture-of-old-chief-annawan-1676.html|access-date=2021-11-21|website=18th Century History -- The Age of Reason and Change|language=en-gb}} Anawan Rock is one of the few physical sites from the war still intact.{{Cite web|title=Anawan Rock, Rehoboth – Sowams Heritage Area|url=https://sowamsheritagearea.org/wp/anawan-rock-rehoboth/|access-date=2021-11-21|language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2010/09/spirits-of-anawan-rock.html The Spirit of Anawan Rock]
{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts
Category:Geography of Bristol County, Massachusetts
Category:Rehoboth, Massachusetts
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