March 29, 2024

Dr. John Cherry to Address Annual Meeting of the Seekonk Land Conservation Trust

May 9th at 7PM

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The speaker at this year’s annual meeting of the Seekonk Land Conservation Trust (SLCT) will be Dr John Cherry, a renowned archaeologist who has been a Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Classics at Brown University since 2006. Professor Cherry’s varied and vast international and academic career has included archaeological studies in Great Britain, the United States, Greece, Italy, Armenia, and Monserrat in the Caribbean.
Now retired and a Seekonk resident of 17 years, Dr Cherry will discuss findings from his excavation of the original housing site on his property which was the homestead of the Woodward family farm. The farm, dating back to 1824, was 60 acres and mainly used agriculturally. He has applied archaeological methods to recovering artifacts that are revealing of the life and livelihood of the people who originally settled this land. Join us to learn about local history and how an archaeologist can recover information about the past two or three centuries.

His talk will begin at 7pm, following a brief SLCT business meeting. The annual Mary C Wilson Conservation Award will also be presented and light refreshments will be served!

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