NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES
RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
The members of this American and International organization, --New England Antiquities Research Association,-- composed of Anthropologists, Archaeologists, Epigraphists, and many Amateurs of the Old American History, are going to visit, with their families, the Dighton Rock Museum, in Berkley, Massachusetts, on Saturday, August 24, 2002, stating at 10AM. This visit to the Museum will free.
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You will love its freedom of thoughts.Coordinator of this field trip: Brenda Toomey.
The MA NEARA & RI NEARA will cross state lines for a joint field trip on Saturday, August 24, 2002. Our rain date is Sunday, August 25. (If in doubt about the weather, call your coordinator. If their is no answer after 7:45 a.m. it will mean the trip is on, and your coordinator is on the way to the meeting place.)
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MA NEARA Coordinator: Brenda Toomey, P.O. Box 709, Spencer, MA 01562. Phone: 508-885-0993. Email: breandatoomey@rcn.com.
RI NEARA Coordinator: Duncan Laurie, PO Box 78, Jamestown, RI 02835. Phone: 401-423-3992. Email: ditl@edgenet.net
Our guide at the Dighton Rock Museum
Featured Speaker: Dr. Manuel Luciano Da Silva. Dr. DaSilva is a highly respected physician and historical researcher. His many books include Portuguese Pilgrims and Dighton Rock. He has also contributed articles to NEARA Journals and the ABC book. Dr. DaSilva suggests that NEARA members see his very informative website at http://www.apol.net/dightonrock/. He has asked me to include his email address so that you can send him questions.
August 24, 10 a.m. Meet at Dighton Rock State Park. We start this day off with a talk by Dr. Manuel Luciano DaSilva. He will share some of his vast knowledge of Dighton Rock, explaining the panels and descriptions on it.
Then, Dr. DaSilva will guide us to Freetown, MA to see the very curious Profile Rock. From there, we will drive to the Newport Tower, and ponder some of the theories this interesting structure has inspired.
When we leave Newport, we will drive to Jamestown, on Conanicut Island. This is Duncan Laurie's backyard. He will tell us about the Native American people that used to live there, and show us a local museum. He will also take us to see an "Indian rock".
From Jamestown, we will head to the mainland and drive up the east side of the Narragansett Bay, to arrive at the Narragansett Stone by 3:00. Be prepared to get your feet a little wet here. If you have plastic wading shoes to put on, you will be able to walk right up to the rock at low tide.
Some people will remember that after a NEARA conference in Rhode Island, they had to make a choice to go either to the Newport Tower, or to the Narragansett Stone. For those people, this is a chance to see what you missed. For newer NEARA members, the day should prove to be a real treat. One warning! We will have to stay on schedule. We must get to the Narragansett Stone around 3:00 p.m., because we can only see it at low tide.
Directions to Dighton Rock: Dighton Rock is in Berkley, MA, a small town on the north end of Assonet Bay. It is north of Fall River, and south of Taunton. From MA: Take I-495, exit 7.
Take Route 24 south to exit 10. Go northwest, in Berkley, on North Main, and make a left turn onto Friend St, go left again onto Bayview Ave, and drive one mile to Dighton Rock. R.I. members who study this route on a map should not have any trouble finding it.
When you arrive, each driver will be given printed route directions, and a cell phone number to call if you get separated from the tour. Please bring a picnic lunch for yourself.
MA NEARA: LAST CALL to receive notices after 8/31. Chapter dues are $10.00, or $5.00 if you give me your email address. Massachusetts chapter membership runs from July 1 to June 30, the following year.
Future MA Field Trips: September 28; Geoffrey Whittum will lead us on a tour to Thompson and Union, CT, and Webster, MA.
In October, Ann Banks will lead a tour in the Great Barrington, MA area. There we will see a prehistoric mound that is 45' tall. Then we will walk up Monument Mountain. Among the sites we will see on the mountain are Squaw Peak and the Indian Cairn the mountain was named after. In October, the view from the mountain will be wonderful!Join this great American Organization.
You will love! I have, since 1963!
Manuel Luciano da Silva
