Lowell Remembers: “Prelude to the Civil War” on Sunday October 3, 2010

September 23, 2010 by Marie Posted in Current Events, History, Lowell, Culture 1 Comment

 Save the Date as the commemoration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial begins in Lowell.

The Lowell Historical Society &

The Moses Greeley Parker Lecture Series Present

Sunday October 3rd at 12 noon

Lowell Memorial Auditorium-Hall of Flags

50 Merrimack St. Lowell MA 01852

Prelude to Civil War

Join author and UMass Lowell professor Michael Pierson as he discusses the tumultuous time when the country careened towards civil war, from the crucial Democratic Convention of April 1860 to the contentious crossing of Massachusetts troops through Washington in April 1861.

Professor Pierson’s most recent book, Mutiny at Fort Jackson: The Untold Story of the Fall of New Orleans, has been honored with the 2010 Albert Castel Book Award for Civil War writing. Copies will be available forsale after the talk. Current and new Lowell Historical Society members receive a 33% discount off the cover price.

One Response to Lowell Remembers: “Prelude to the Civil War” on Sunday October 3, 2010

  1. Tony Sampas says:

    This looks like a terrific event.
    Glad that you posted this image of one of the terra cotta sculptures that adorns the exterior of Memorial Hall (Now the Pollard Memorial Library). When I was a kid that soldier had an actual bugle in his hand which was green with age. At some point, and I don’t know when, it vanished.