Fall River History Club meeting
Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 6:30 pm
ANOTHER FIELD TRIP!!!
We are all in for another remarkable treat! Our next History Club meeting will be a special tour, suitable for all ages, of the
Luther’s Store Museum, conducted by Curator Carl Becker
Located at the intersection of Old Warren Road, Pearse Road and Maple Avenue, at 8 Pearse Road, in Swansea, Massachusetts
INFORMATION ABOUT LUTHER’S MUSEUM
Email me with questions.
See you there!
Photographer Marc Belanger has captured the essence of change in Fall River with his latest images. He has graciously given me permission to post them here.
The change is startling, don’t you agree?
The Before was not attractive in the slightest. And the After is a crying shame! In the late 1800′s, the Southard Miller house stood on this site. It was a two family house. In one half of the house (could be upstairs and down, or side by side like a duplex) lived Southard Miller, builder and father of Franklin Miller (painter of the Fall River School). In the other half lived Dr. Seabury Bowen and his family. Bowen, as you recall, was the doctor to the Borden family, who lived katy-corner across the street at 92 Second Street.
Bowen was the first doctor on the scene at the Borden house on the day of the murders, August 4th, 1892. Now stands the Fall River Trial Court. Something tells me this property won’t become something else for a long long time.
And here is a link to Marc’s photostream on Flickr. You MUST see his work. Remarkable!
From NewportMansions.org
Celebrating 90 Years of Women and the Vote
Thursday, August 26
11 a.m.
Marble House, 596 Bellevue Avenue
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, a noted suffragist, called Marble House her “temple to the arts,” and used the house as a setting for suffrage rallies. Today, the arts and women’s suffrage come together as the The Preservation Society of Newport County, the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island, YWCA Northern Rhode Island, Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, the Newport Restoration Foundation and the Newport Historical Society commemorate the 90th anniversary of the 19th amendment.
Join us on the lawn of Marble House for a morning of poetry, music, and readings from historical documents on women’s suffrage by former RI state senator June Gibbs; RI Poet Laureate Lisa Starr; Amber Rose Johnson, the 2010 Poetry Out Loud National Champion from Classical High School in Providence, RI; and Lt. Col. Jayme M. Sutton, Naval War College Military Professor of National Strategy Decision Making.
Event is free and open to the public.
The Lafayette-Durfee Historical House has partnered with Citizens for Citizens in a program that hires senior citizens.
They now have a tour guide for the House and are expanding their hours. The House will now be open from Wednesday through Sunday through the remainder of the season.
Hope you all have a chance to visit.
94 Cherry Street
Fall River, MA
UPDATE FROM L-D HOUSE:
The Lafayette Durfee House 94 Cherry Street Fall River MA will now be open for tours on Wednesdays through Sundays from 1PM – 4PM starting on 8/18/10.
This is the home of Col Joseph Durfee who led the Fall River militia during the War for Independence and was frequently visited by the Marquis de Lafayette during this time period. Displays will include clothing, furniture, weaponry medical and surgical instruments and much more.
Please visit our website at www.lafayettedurfeehouse.org. Admission is free but a three dollar donation would be greatly appreciated.
Hours are from 12PM-4PM for further information or directions contact via email at lafayettedurfee @yahoo.com or call 508 813 8230.
Wake Up to Poetry! A Morning Poetry Reading!
Saturday Morning, August 28, 2010 from 10AM to 12 Noon
Featuring Ada Jill Schneider, Jon Gagne, and Rosanne Litchman
Somerset Public Library 1464 County St. Somerset, MA (508) 646-2829
Ada Jill Schneider is the winner of the National Galway Kinnell Poetry Prize, and began writing at the age of fifty-three. Her lyrical poems about growing older, the rewards of long love, and family relationships combine attributes of wisdom and wit to strike a universal chord. She reviews poetry books for Midstream magazine and directs “The Pleasure of Poetry,” a program she founded, at the Somerset Public Library in Massachusetts. She received her MFA in Writing from Vermont College.
Ada is a frequent contributor to The Literary Hatchet, a free online literary journal.
This from poet Ada Jill Schneider:
APRIL IS POETRY MONTH
Celebration: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 2PM
Somerset Public Library 1464 County Street
(508) 646-2829
Bring a poem or two to share with the group.
Enjoy tea and cookies.
Ada’s words have graced the pages of The Literary Hatchet, a FREE literary magazine. Download your copy today!
When you visit FlickrPoet you can enter a sentence or two, click the ‘Show Story’ button, and FlickrPoet will search Flickr and find images for every word.
From the latest New England Historic Genealogical Society Newsletter:
NEHGS Irish Genealogy Tour
Discover your Irish heritage with the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Dublin, Ireland, May 23–30, 2010. This weeklong guided research tour will give you access to a treasure trove of records in Dublin and the benefit of consultations with some of the foremost experts in Irish genealogy. Your tour features guided research at various repositories in central Dublin, including the General Register Office, National Library, National Archives, and Registry of Deeds, among others. Daily programming includes tutorials, research tips and techniques lectures, personalized consultations and group dinning events. For more information visit www.newenglandancestors.org/9062.asp.
Erin go Braugh!
Our great good friend and Literary Hatchet contributor, Ada Jill Schneider, will be offering a Valentines Day poetry reading.
You can read some of Ada’s poetry in the FREE issues of the Literary Hatchet. Check it out!
Happy new Year from MondoLizzie.com!
Mondo Lizzie Borden would like to wish all of you a joyous holiday season and a Merry Christmas.
Perhaps the walk signals in Fall River could be changed to this:
Our good friend and fellow Bordenite, William F. Schley-Ulrich passed away on September 27, 2009. He was 90 years, 7 months, and 3 days old.
Born in 1919, William was a regular contributor to the old Lizzie Borden Quarterly and penned a few major pieces for The Hatchet as well. Bill also was a regular on the Lizzie Borden Society Forum (421 Posts), and would often send me material in the mail on the Borden case. Before he passed away he wrote me and several close friends that he was soon to go and wished to say goodbye.
He was particularly interested in Nance O’Neil and did an extensive study of her films for The Hatchet. He also penned a great work on the books that we know to have been in Lizzie’s library, and what her reading habits must have been like based on these titles.
Bill had lost his lovely wife Marjorie a few years ago and mourned her passing each and every day. She was his angel. They were married for over 60 years and he kept referring to her as his “bride.”
Bill was a true gentleman and a scholar. He will be greatly missed.
This information was passed onto me by Sherry Chapman, one of the FriendsFour.
Here is Bill’s avatar from the Lizzie Borden Society Forum. I think I will always remember him as this Victorian St. Nicholas.
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