In 1940, a statue of Prince Henry the Navigator was erected in Fall River by the people of New England of Portuguese descent. It marked the 800th anniversary of the Portuguese National ...

The event took place in front of the statue of Prince Henry the Navigator on Eastern Ave., and featured addresses from local and international dignitaries, music from the Our Lady of Light band ...

NEW BEDFORD — The statue of Prince Henry the Navigator on Pope's Island was rededicated Thursday by a group of dignitaries that included Paulo Alcobia Portugal, captain of the tall ship Sagres ...

Mostly, though, Prince Henry the Navigator, born in 1394 and dead in 1460, gazes out on the traffic which passes up and down Pleasant Street. In his pre-statue life, Henry fought pirates at sea ...