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Cross-post from the Lowell Historical Society blog site: Posted on December 11, 2012 by Marie After years of wrangling among the town fathers, the Historic Commission and the former owner, the remains of the famous Ames Castle atop a hill in Tewksbury – known now as Catamount Road – are…
Read More »Mass Moments reminds today us that on the evening of December 11, 1995 – a fire reduced Malden Mills to rubble. It was one of the worst in the state’s history. Seven hundred people were at work in the factory when, at a little past 8:00 p.m., a boiler exploded…
Read More »2012 has been quite a year remembering Charles Dickens – celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth. This repost remembers Charles Dickens on his second and final American Tour: by Marie Mass Moments remind us that on this day December 2, 1867, the iconic author Charles Dickens began his Second American…
Read More »Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren visited Lowell very early-on in her campaign. Here she speaks to a packed auditorium in Lowell’s Butler School in 2011. From Roger Lau: “The campaign may be over, but Elizabeth’s real work of helping working families across Massachusetts is just getting started. Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren (doesn’t it…
Read More »From the office of Lowell Mayor Patrick O. Murphy: Starting on Monday December 3, every pound of non-perishable food you bring to the Mayor’s Office (Room 50 on the 2ndFloor of City Hall) will earn you a raffle ticket entering you into a drawing for two tickets to the New…
Read More »For some unknown reason our copy of the Sun Sunday “Focus – Opinion & Commentary” continues to hit the driveway on Fridays in a early arrival. So here’s a heads-up! The Lowell Sun joins the GOP with an editorial “swift-boating” of U. N. Ambassador Susan Rice this coming Sunday. She…
Read More »From history.com: Caroline Kennedy (1957-), the eldest child of President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1929-1994), is a lawyer and author. At age 3 she moved into the White House with her parents and younger brother John Kennedy Jr. (1960-1999). Following her father’s 1963 assassination, she and…
Read More »The procession, funeral and burial in Arlington National Cemetery ~ President John F. Kennedy ~ November 25, 1963 I am among those millions of Americans who can never forget where they were or what they were doing when they heard that President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by…
Read More »Exerpts from the John F. Kennedy Library website: Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas… Crowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to the Kennedys. The car turned off…
Read More »The iconic Norman Rockwell “Freedom From Want” ilustration, 1943. Just what do you know about the history and tradition of Thanksgiving and the turkey? 1. Which wild bird was NOT on the Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving menu? a) turkey; b) duck; c) goose; d) bald eagle 2. Which U.S. President established Thanksgiving…
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