Members of the Fall River Bicycle Committee organized a special ride on June 20, 2015 in collaboration with David Jennings of the Fall River History Club to visit several key sites in the City's history. The group began at Bristol Community College, where everyone could park their vehicles, and proceeded south on Elsbree Street and Eastern Avenue to the Maquis de Lafayette statue at Lafayette Park. Following a description of the key role that the General played in the American Revolution, local historian David Jennings guided the group further down Eastern Avenue to the Prince Henry the Navigator statue at the corner of Pleasant Street. After detailing the role of the Portuguese explorers in opening up the world to trade, Jennings took the group to Britland Park along the shores of the Quequechan River where he described the role of the river in developing the mills and the daily life of the mill workers. After a brief stop to describe the Revolutionary War Battle of Fall River at Gromada Plaza in front of Government Center, Jennings invited the group to the Lafayette-Durfee House on Cherry Street for a final lesson before returning to the College.   For more information on future rides, contact Fall River Bicycle Committee Chairman Brian Pearson. (Photos courtesy of Brian Pearson)

(Top row) After leaving from Bristol Community College, the group rides down Elsbree Streets and then Eastern Avenue to  Lafayette Park where Historian David Jennings talks about the Maquis de Lafayette's role in the Revolutionary War. (Row two) The group travels further down Eastern Avenue for a stop at the statue of Prince Henry the Navigator who "opened the gateway of the Atlantic to the American continent." (Row three) The group then rode to Britland Park where Jennings spoke about the development of the mills on the shore of the Quequechan River before proceeding to Gromada Plaza where Jennings talked about the Battle of Fall River. (Bottom row) The tour finished at the Lafayette-Durfee House on Cherry Street where Jennings described colonial life in Fall River and the King Philip War before the group returned to the College where they started the tour.