On Wednesday, April 10 at 7:30 pm at the Weston Public Library, join the Weston Historical Society and author Eric B. Schultz for a talk on his book King Philip’s War: A History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict, which he co-authored with Michael Touglas. Schultz will present an overview of the war, a travelogue of key events, and its lasting legacy.

Metacom (c.1638–1676), also known as King Philip, was a tribal leader of the Pokanoket tribe (R.I.) and Wampanoag nation. The second son of Massasoit, he followed his father as chief sachem, but his relationship with the colonists was more contentious. Disputes over land, peace treaties, and the ensuing mutual mistrust led to an uprising against the colonists known as King Philip’s War (1675 – 1676), considered the bloodiest per capita in U.S. history. More than half of New England’s towns were attacked, including an incursion into Weston.

Eric Schultz is a former chair of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Gettysburg Foundation. He is currently a director of the Old Colony Historical Society in Taunton, a town the Owl knows of only in relation to the 3,000 soccer tournaments she has attended there. This will be historically significant someday, I am sure of it.

The Weston Public Library is still located at 87 School Street.