Lowell Walks is back in 2020, bigger and better than ever. This year, we’ve partnered with Lowell National Historical Park to offer 25 different Saturday morning walks. Here they are:

March 7 at 10am: Women’s Activism in Lowell Walk with Resi Polixa, Allison Horrocks, Anne Mulvey, and Sheri Denk – starts at Lowell National Park Visitor Center

March 14 at 10am: Irish Acre Walk with Dave McKean – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center

March 28 at 10am – Mill Girl Literature Walk with Allison Horrocks and Bridget Marshall – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center

April 11 at 10am – Lowell Memorial Auditorium Artifacts and Monuments with Dick Howe – STARTS AT Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 East Merrimack Street

April 25 at 10am: Lowell Cemetery Tour with Dick Howe – STARTS AT Lowell Cemetery. Tour begins at Lawrence Street Gate (opposite 1025 Lawrence Street).

April 26 (SUNDAY) at 11am: Lowell Cemetery Tour with Dick Howe – STARTS AT Lowell Cemetery. Tour begins at Lawrence Street Gate (repeat of Saturday tour).

May 2 at 10am: Lowell’s Radical Labor History Walk with Allison Horrocks and Brandon Hoots – start at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (starting location to be confirmed)

May 9 at 10am: Franco-American School and Grotto Tour (part of Doors Open Lowell) with Dick Howe and Coalition for a Better Acre. STARTS AT Franco School, 357 Pawtucket Street.

May 23 at 10am: Cambodiatown Tour with Dick Howe and Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association. STARTS AT Clemente Park, 974 Middlesex Street

June 6 at 10am: 20th Century LGBTQ History Walk with Resi Polixa and Dre Vargas – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center

June 13 at 10am: Slavery in Lowell and the Underground Railroad Walk with Allison Horrocks and Jacquelynn Coles – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (starting location to be confirmed)

June 27 at 10am: Middlesex Village Walk with Dick Howe – STARTS AT Hadley Field, 1650 Middlesex Street (corner of Baldwin and Middlesex)

July 11 at 10am: Hamilton Canal Innovation District Walk with City of Lowell Department of Planning and Development – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center

July 18 at 10am: Colombian Community in Lowell Walk with Sebastian Cardona – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (starting location to be confirmed)

August 1 at 10am: Indigenous History in Lowell Walk with Allison Horrocks and Trevor Lamb – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center

August 8 at 10am: Public Art Tour with Rosemary Noon and Paul Marion – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center

August 22 at 10am: City Hall Monuments Tour with Dick Howe – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center

August 29 at 10am: Women’s Suffrage and Enfranchisement Walk with Resi Polixa- STARTS AT South Common, corner of Thorndike and Summer Streets

September 5 at 10am: Lowell’s Radical Labor History Walk with Allison Horrocks and Brandon Hoots – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (starting location to be confirmed)

September 12 at 10am: Welcome Week Lowell Walk with Bob Forrant and Emma Tobin – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (starting location to be confirmed)

September 19 at 10am: Acre Foodways with Sebastian Cardona and Joey Banh – starting location to be determined

September 26 at 10am: Lowell Cemetery Tour with Dick Howe – STARTS AT Lowell Cemetery, Knapp Avenue Gate, 77 Knapp Ave.

September 27 (SUNDAY) at 11am: Lowell Cemetery Tour with Dick Howe – STARTS AT Lowell Cemetery, Knapp Avenue Gate, 77 Knapp Ave. (repeats Saturday’s tour).

October 3 at 10am: 19th Century LGBTQ History Walk with Resi Polixa and Deb Fowler – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center

October 10 at 10am: Literary Lowell Walk with Resi Polixa, Sean Thibodeau, and Joey Banh – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (starting location to be confirmed)

October 17 at 10am: Boott Mills Archaeology Tour with Kevin Coffee – STARTS AT Boott Cotton Mills Museum, 115 John Street.

October 24 at 10am: Rise and Demise of Surface Rail Walk with Bernard Trubowitz and NPS – starts at Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center.

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