Fall River Historical Society Holiday Open House

Tonight was the annual Holiday Open House at the Fall River Historical Society. The event was very well attended, with every room filled with the most interesting people! The food was first rate, and the wine was delicious. Here are a few images for those of you who couldn’t attend. Michael Martins and Dennis Binette […]

Fall River History Club in the Herald News

We had a truly wonderful meeting of the Fall River History Club on Wednesday night. Without a lecturer scheduled (the holidays are neigh after all), the idea was hatched to ask members to bring in anecdotes of growing up in and around Fall River and/or select a few artifacts from their collection to share. We […]

Lizzie Borden Acquitted Again

UPDATE: here is an even longer and better story about the latest mock trial in Taunton. The third and final mock trial, LIzzie Borden Redux, has ended with the jury again finding for the defendant. Lizzie Borden was set free once again. These retrials were quite interesting. I attended all of them and they were […]