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Spring tour dates of Lowell Cemetery have been set. They are: Friday, May 6, 2011 at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 10 a.m. Friday, May 20, 2011 at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 10 a.m. All tours begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance to the cemetery…
Read More »The city of Lowell and its residents played a prominent role in the American Civil War. On Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. at the Hall of Flags of Lowell Memorial Auditorium, local historian Richard Howe will share the stories of a dozen Lowell residents who fought in the…
Read More »LOWELL AND THE CIVIL WAR – FIRST BLOOD: THE LEXINGTON OF 1861 Exhibit and Reception Monday, April 18, 2011 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Mogan Cultural Center – 40 French Street Lowell, Massachusetts 01852 The country had come to the conclusion that Mr. Lincoln and his cabinet were mainly…
Read More »Earlier tonight my news feed brought a story about the recent identification of the remains of the twelve man crew of a B-24 Liberator that crashed in the Pacific in 1943. The co-pilot of the aircraft was 21-year old 2LT Martin P Murray of Lowell, Massachusetts. It turns out that…
Read More »Please welcome two new websites to our blogroll which is located in the right-hand column of this site. First is “Keepers of Tradition” which is written by Maggie Holtzberg, the Director of Cultural Programming for the Lowell National Historical Park. This blog focuses on traditional arts and folk heritage. Maggie’s…
Read More »The Eagle atop Lowell City Hall by Tony Sampas
Read More »I was an early adopter of the Flip video camera. Small, simple and inexpensive, the Flip yielded many interesting videos for me. I’ve urged many people to buy one of their own. Flip’s popularity was confirmed two years ago when Cisco, the wildly successful computer networking company purchased Flip for…
Read More »The commemorative booklet published in conjunction with Lowell’s Centennial in 1926 contained brief sketches of some of the city’s most significant buildings. Here’s what was written about Lowell High School: In preparation for the erection of our new High School building, which was completed and occupied in 1922, all the…
Read More »A Washington Post article reprinted in yesterday’s Globe reported that the Obama administration and federal regulators are proposing that federally backed mortgages in the future only be granted to borrowers who are able to make a down payment of 20% of the purchase price. With the median US house price…
Read More »The American Civil War began 149 years ago today. The city of Lowell played a prominent role in that conflict so over the next week or so I plan to highlight some key events that occurred on each day back in 1861. The South Carolina coast is characterized by numerous…
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