Captain Daniel Drayton was a coastal trader who came to the decision that slavery was despicable and evil, and he wanted to to turn his thoughts into actions.
Ask most people what are the Freemasons all about, and they'll answer something about them being a mysterious, secretive order, a preconceived notion that comes straight out of a Dan Brown novel.
Brian Fernandes and Adam Pimentel of the Star in the East Masonic Lodge in New Bedford said said the Masons are the world's oldest fraternal society, accepting in the concept of global brotherly love serv
The National Transportation Safety Board has identified the make and model of the plane that crashed into New Bedford's Rural Cemetery Monday afternoon.
If you grew up around the Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, there's a chance you've seen this statue, and as the legend goes, a chance he's seen you, too.