FALL RIVER
Christmas in Old Fall River: Three Fall River organizations — The Preservation Society of Fall River, the Fall River Historical Society and the Lafayette-Durfee House Foundation — will be joining together to bring Christmas in Old Fall River, a daylong holiday festival to be held Sunday.Participants can tour seven historic residences, decorated for the season, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; walk the Historical Society’s grounds and listen to the musicians, watch entertainers and hear the calliope; take part in high tea in the Easton Tea Room; tour the historic district as a passenger on the Preservation Society’s caroling horse-drawn carriage ride; and attend a holiday opera recital.
Tickets for the house tour, which includes admission to the opera recital, are $18. Admission to the opera recital itself is $10 and tickets for the carriage ride are $5. For information on the historic house tour, carriage ride or concert, contact the Preservation Society at (508) 673-4841. Advanced tickets for these events are available at the Preservation Society, New Boston Bakery and Swede’s Café.
For information regarding the Fall River Historical Society or Easton Tea Room, contact (508) 679-1071, ext. 101 or 102. For information regarding the Lafayette-Durfee Historical House Foundation, contact (508) 821-5976.
Edwin Porter
We Are Oh So Close to Our Goal for Porter’s Grave
As of today, August 27, 2023, we have raised $2,466 in checks and donations to our GoFundMe fundraiser to erect a grave marker for Edwin H. Porter, the author of the first book on the Borden case, The Fall River
Stefani Koorey
August 27, 2023
