 More celebrations were held in 2006, at bicentennial events.Williams College students Samuel Mills, James Richards, Francis LeBaron Robbins, Harvey Loomis, and Byram Green, met in the summer of 1806 in a grove of trees near the Hoosic River, in what was then known as Sloan's Meadow, and debated the theology of missionary service.Their meeting was interrupted by a thunderstorm and the students took shelter under a haystack until the sky cleared.