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This photograh is from a Time magazine collection offered in memory of the 40th anniversary of his assassination – “Robert F. Kennedy Rediscovered”… here Kennedy is listening to author Teddy White just before taking the stage in California and speaking his last words in public. (Bill Eppridge / Time Life…
Read More »When I came across the story of the swearing-in today of the new President of Quincy College, I sensed a familiarity with the name and the person. Sure enough the Quincy College Voice notes that Peter Tsaffaras was born in Lowell – and moved to Quincy in 1986. Also, he…
Read More »On this day June 7, 1862 – Gen Benjamin F. Butler of Lowell, Massachusetts and the military governor of New Orleans ordered William Mumford hanged after he removed, desecrated and destroyed the US flag on display over the New Orleans Mint. Of the event – Butler himself wrote, “I thought…
Read More »Lowell Mayor Jim Milinazzo and some members of the Host Committee welcome delegates to the 2011 Massachusetts State Democratic Convention to Lowell and the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell on Saturday June 4, 2011. It is the 5th time since 2000 that Democrats have gathered at the Tsongas!
Read More »Given the brouhaha caused by Sarah Palin’s recent account of the activities of Paul Revere on that famous night of April 18, 1775, I thought it might be helpful to post some information and some links from The Massachusetts Historical Society’s official blog site – The Beehive: Paul Revere’s Ride…
Read More »On this day in history – June 6, 1944 – with the approval of U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe – Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history began. Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in the D-Day invasion…
Read More »Taking a page from my colleague Dick Howe’s book, I offer this photo of the 1980 Lowell School Committee. Can you identify the members? Who was the Mayor?
Read More »On this day June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) was assassinated in Los Angeles after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary. Shortly after midnight – after winning the California primary election for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, Kennedy was shot as he walked…
Read More »On this day June 3, 1888 – the famous baseball poem – “Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888” was first published in The San Francisco Examiner. The poem immortalized “Mighty Casey” and “Mudville” and the game itself in the minds and hearts…
Read More »According to the State House News Service via the PatriotLedger.com, State Representative Tom Conroy of Wayland has officially acknowledged that he too be will a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2012 race for the U.S. Senate. He joins a roster that includes Newton Mayor Setti Warren, City Year…
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