WELCOME
Thank you for visiting
Official Site for Watchemoket Square Day
See our Facebook page for images and video from this year's event, and for postings, photos and highlights from previous years.
Watch a What?
The two popular
pronunciations for Watchemoket Square are:
"watch-a-moe-cut"
"watch-moe-ket"
Dr. David Weed, coordinator for Sowams Heritage Area Project, gave a presentation at 2019 Watchemoket Square Day entitled:
Pokanokets and Pilgrims: Compromise and Conflict in the 17th Century. Click on the image above to watch a video of the presentation.
9th Annual Watchemoket Square Day
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Visit our Facebook page for photos from the event
Thank you for supporting the event with presentations & displays of historical information:
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Dr. David Weed, coordinator of Sowams Heritage Area Project
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Jim Moran, principal/economic planner, City of East Providence
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Cheryl Faria & Jeff Faria, co-chairs of East Providence Historical Society
Topics included:
Pokanokets and Pilgrims: Compromise and Conflict in the 17th Century: Dr. Weed will summarize the cultural, religious and civil differences between the Pokanoket Tribe and the Plymouth Pilgrims which ultimately ended in the King Philip Conflict of 1675-1676 and the attempted genocide of the indigenous people in the area.
Update on Projects and Developments in Current Day Watchemoket Square:
Odd Fellows Hall, I-195 Washington Bridge ramp, Green Jack Shoals, the Opportunity Zone
East Providence waterfront, and more.
Meet the East Providence Historical Society: Co-chairs Cheryl Faria and Jeff Faria will discuss the fifty year history of the East Providence Historical Society in the community and its role in preserving and promoting East Providence's past, present and future. Meet Count Rumford and take your picture with him.
2019 WSD activities took place inside Tockwotton on the Waterfront
500 Waterfront Drive, East Providence, RI 02914
A.B. Munroe Dairy Milkman Marching Band performing on Warren Avenue. (Rt. 6) Watchemoket Square Day 2015
Watchemoket Square, East Providence, Rhode Island
Watchemoket Square, East Providence, Rhode Island
On right, Sullivan Bros. Liquor Store. The clock in front is now on the Looff Carousel property in Riverside, Rhode Island.
The remains of the steamship are now under water in the "Ship Graveyard" off Bold Point Park in East Providence, RI.
The (new) Washington Bridge went under construction in the 1960's when I-195 was constructed. The creation of the Interstate divided land and properties in the City of
East Providence.
East Providence.
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Watchemoket Square Day is a celebration of the past, present and future of Watchemoket Square in the City of East Providence, Rhode Island.
During the late 1800's and early 1900's, the area was the center of the East Providence business community with over 100 businesses and hotels. It is now experiencing renewed interest and development of its buildings, waterfront and landscape.
