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MassMoments reminds us that writer Lucy Larcom – one of Lowell’s iconic Mill Girls in her youth, died on this day April 17, 1893. In her autobiography A New England Girlhood, Lucy Larcom wrote: “From the beginning Lowell had a high reputation for good order, morality, piety, and all that…
Read More »A recurring theme in the books of the late, great military historian John Keegan was that some spots in the world are so strategically important that these same places become the sites of important battles over and over again. For instance, the battles of Agincourt (1415); Waterloo (1815) and the…
Read More »With each passing day the Cold War seems to slip further into historical obscurity which makes exhibits like the one that just opened at the John F. Kennedy Library, “To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis“, all the more important. When I saw a review of the exhibit…
Read More »Massachusetts has long had an important role in free, quality public education. Just as in colonial times, Massachusetts continues to set the standard for public education in the new United States. MassMoments remind us that on this day – April 14, 1642 – the Massachusetts Bay Colony passed the first…
Read More »F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” has been the subject of six movies, the first being a silent movie in 1926, a year after the novel appeared. The newest version, with Leonardo DeCaprio, will be released next month. “Gatsby” is often ranked as the best American novel. “On the Road”…
Read More »For the best year of ice hockey at UMass Lowell, thank you River Hawks—for the championship season and uplifted spirits.
Read More »Doors open at 3 PM; Game Starts at 4:30 PMYour River Hawks will play in the Frozen Four for the very first time and you can join your fellow River Hawks fans at the Tsongas Center in the Lowell Bank Pavilion and watch all the action. You will also have…
Read More »Tonight I’ll be at the Moses Greeley Parker Library in Dracut at 6:30 pm to talk about Legendary Locals of Lowell. Everyone is invited.
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