Mr. Ryan Daniels is “The itinerant Schoolmaster.” Welcome to the 1700’s! Colonial Classroom 1775 offers a select few students the rare opportunity to travel back in time to learn more about what life would have been like for a child in New England during our colonial...
Would you like to help preserve history in a BIG way? Spend a day volunteering on BIG MAMIE, YOUR beloved World War II battleship! We are re-launching our volunteer restoration day events, and we would love to welcome you aboard! Just like those of WWII sailors, our...
Spend an hour or the afternoon with Martha Washington at the Lafayette Durfee House (c1750) in the year 1784. Join Mrs. Washington in her bed chamber as she dresses for the afternoon, sit with her while she works on her sewing and visit with her over afternoon tea....
You are cordially invited to join Mrs. Washington for tea in this intimate setting. You, along with 19 others, with spend an hour and a quarter sharing tea, scones, and conversation with Mrs. Washington. What are those questions you have always wanted to ask? This is...
Legends of Lizzie What her small town believes about Lizzie Borden, who was acquitted of murdering her family with a hatchet blade, is nearly as fascinating as the facts. By Edmund Pearson, April 14, 1933, The New Yorker When the curtain falls on the first performance...
Housed in a 19th century mansion and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Fall River Historical Society is a museum, a library, a tourist destination, and much more.
Fall River: Phoenix Rising? “A good place to be pleasantly surprised” by NELL PORTER BROWN - MAY-JUNE 2023 The “P” word has long haunted Fall River. “People come to the city, see the Braga Bridge and waterfront, the historic buildings, and say, ‘Hey, this place looks...
By Ashley Soebroto Globe Correspondent,Updated March 30, 2023, 5:36 a.m. FALL RIVER — At 230 Second St., a green clapboard house sits eerily quiet. An American flag pokes out of the doorway, flapping in the wind, as shrubbery lies beside the steps leading up to the...
Summer is back! Time to hop in the car and start your vacation. Take a break from your long drive in Fall River, MA.
These 6 Fall River homes are a part of black history. Fall River's history, like all of American history, is inextricably linked to the slave trade, the kidnapping and involuntary servitude of millions of African people. The city's first textile mills built in the...