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One hundred and fifty-two years ago, on Nov. 19, 1863, famed orator Edward Everett – who served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State, taught at Harvard University and served as its president – delivered a two-hour speech at the Gettysburg National…
Read More »My view from the visitor’s gallery/EM Kennedy Institute for the US Senate A few thoughts about Marty Meehan’s rise from a Lowell neighborhood kid to becoming President of the University of Massachusetts… I’ve known Marty since he was fifteen years old … while we haven’t always run in the…
Read More »Genealogist Walter Hickey has long wanted and worked hard for years to have these Lowell Police Court Naturalization records available for informational and research purposes. In partnership with LowellIrish, the links to search these records are now available on-line. Along with his research in Lowell Irish History, the history of…
Read More »On this day last year as the Kennedy legacy got a renewal with Ted Kennedy, Jr. elected to the State Senate in Connecticut and great-great grandson Joe Kennedy, III re-elected to his 4th CD seat in the US House of Representatives…we looked at the maternal side of the family to remember the life and…
Read More »“All Hallows Eve” has always been an interesting time for me because of its roots in Irish myth, mystery and history and it’s the eve of my birthday! Of late, the celebration of Halloween has seemed as much a time for adult activity, parties and “fancy dress” as it is for…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) always eager to talk politics, strategies and grassroots efforts– will meet tomorrow ~ Saturday October 17, 2015 at 8:00am in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday October 17, 2015 at 8:00 AM *At the Independence…
Read More »It’s official! Greater Lowell Area Democrats announce that the 2015 Distinguished Democrat will be Roger Lau. Well-known to Democrats – especially Democratic activists across the Commonwealth and beyond – Roger currently serves as State Director for U. S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. Lau has served as a congressional and senate staffer as well…
Read More »The beautiful pair of buildings – the City Hall and the Pollard Memorial Library – that anchor the intersect of Merrimack Street/Dutton Streets/Monument Square and up to Cardinal O’Connell Parkway represent a monumental style of architecture known as Richardsonian Romanesque. These buildings are the hub of much important civic and…
Read More »A poignant moment in the long struggle to uncover and record the grave markers and holdfast the history of the Irish in St. Patrick’s Cemetery as told by Lowell’s Irish historian Dave McKean… The twenty-year commitment may be coming to an end but read this cross-over post from LowellIrish for…
Read More »The memories of the Kennedys are touched today on this anniversary of the wedding of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The couple was married in 1953 in historic St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island in a ceremony presided over by Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. The…
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