Film Showing: "Up and Down the River"
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Join the National Park Service Rangers at the Bunker Hill Museum for a free public screening of the Mohegan Tribe’s historical film Up and Down the River . Spanning the colonial and American Revolutionary eras, Up and Down the River delves into the difficult decisions made by members of the Mohegan Tribe at these pivotal periods in both tribal and U.S. history. Featured in this film is the Ashbow family, including Hannah and her son Samuel Ashbow Jr. Choosing to fight alongside the American colonists, Samuel Ashbow Jr. died at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, becoming one of the first Indigenous soldiers to die in the American Revolution. About the Film Up and Down the River is a 20-minute educational film that centers Mohegan nuanced perspective of and participation in the American Revo
