15.926 - P24AS00516 (FY2024 american battlefield protection program - preservation planning grants): the preservation planning grants opportunity provides federal financial assistance to state,…

The Town of Barrington, Rhode Island was awarded a $199,973.60 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926) to conduct a Phase II archaeological site survey of the Nokum Battlefield, a turning point of King Philip's War. The grant project, titled "A Place Called Nockum and the Inception of King Philip's War: Phase II", will help determine the role the Baptist Meeting House at Nokum played during the battle and search for evidence of pre-war interactions and trade between English Baptist colonists and the local indigenous population. This preservation planning grant supports the identification, evaluation, interpretation, and protection of historic battlefields and associated sites through non-acquisition activities. The project will be completed by December 31, 2026.

15.926 - P24AS00516 (FY2024 american battlefield protection program - preservation planning grants): the preservation planning grants opportunity provides federal financial assistance to state, local and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations to identify, evaluate, interpret, and protect historic battlefields and sites associated with armed conflicts on american soil through non-acquisition projects and activities. The town of barrington project, titled a place called nockum and the inception of king philip s war: phase II, will conduct a phase II archeological site survey of nokum battlefield, a turning-point of king philips war. These site surveys will help determine what role the baptist meeting house at nokum had during the battle and also look for evidence of pre-war interactions and trade between english baptist colonists and the local indigenous population.