NINE MEN'S MISERY KING PHILIP'S WAR REMEMBERED (1675-1676)
Published: January 4, 2026
Duration: 32:26
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Today we're taking you on a field trip to the site of America's oldest war memorial. Its called Nine Men's Misery, and iti is a monument which remembers the nine men who were captured by Indian warriors in 1676 in Rhode Island and were tortured, scalped, and mutilated while fighting in what is today called King Philip's War. It was a deadly, brutally fought war, with atrocities committed on both sides- and a war that...