Today we head back in time to before America was America. In fact in this year of the nation’s sesquicentennial, we head one hundred years before that to an incident without which, the nation may not have been founded. 

In 1676, Capt. William Turner lead troops to massacre the indigenous people encamped on the banks of the Connecticut river. That single act would domino to retaliation, erasure, and indelible marks on the land of western Massachusetts. We traverse that area with the president of The Nolumbeka Project, David Brule to learn more of the nuances of this moment in history and hear how the present is seeking to restore more accuracy about it’s significance, including their Day of Rememberance event this Saturday, May 16th. 

We’ll also have Live Music Friday with Case Oats, whose arrival in music has taken many twists and turns through writing school and garage rock to land their post card perfect narrative lyrics in Americana, which you can hear for yourself tonight at the Iron Horse.