For those with an interest in history, there are a couple of posts on local blogs that you should check out.

Dave McKean reports from Ireland on his quest to learn more about Hugh Cummiskey on the Lowell Irish blog

Eileen Loucraft reproduces a poignant letter sent by her husband’s grandfather, Irving Loucraft, to his mother back in Lowell in between deadly battles in France in 1918 on the Lowell Doughboys blog.