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St Patrick’s Church from the Pollard Memorial Library
Photograph by Tony Sampas
Read More »Archive for April 5th, 2012
“First Lady of Film” Bette Davis Born In Lowell
Seen here in Jezebel (1938), Davis’s second Academy Award-winning performance On this day April 5, 1908 – Ruth Elizabeth Davis, known from early childhood as “Betty”, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ruth Augusta “Ruthie” (née Favor) and Harlow Morrell Davis, a patent attorney. The family was Protestant, of English,…
Read More »Civil War talk and Cemetery Tours
The historically minded among you might want to mark a couple of upcoming events on your calendars. On Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 2 pm at the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center at 40 French Street in Lowell, I will give a talk on Lowell and the coming of the…
Read More »The Lowell Textile Strike of 1912
Many are familiar with the Bread and Roses Strike which took place in Lawrence and which celebrates its centennial this year. What is not so well known is that the Lawrence action led to other strikes, one of which occurred in Lowell that same year. Next Tuesday, April 10, 2012…
Read More »The Beauty of Falling Water
History of Opening Day
Its opening day for the Boston Red Sox. Here is a video posted by watchmojo detailing the history of “opening day”…kind of.
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