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The following video, “Roots of an Urban Cultural Park”, was produced in 1991 by Lowell’s Human Services Corporation to tell the back story of the Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Heritage State Park. Featured in the video are Pat Mogan, Marie Sweeney, the late Peter Stamas, the late…
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 »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares his thoughts on the recent election: It has been a good few weeks. In the first place, we (Democrats, or the American People, or some group), won. Three weeks before the election, I walked into the Tsongas Headquarters and told a few of the people…
Read More »In the film “Lincoln,” during the scene in which the roll is being called for votes for and against the adoption of a Constitutional amendment to ban slavery, I couldn’t help wondering who was representing Lowell in the US Congress at that moment. According to the ever-useful “Cotton Was King”…
Read More »Contact: Matthew Corcoran, corcoran00@gmail.com, 978-677-1069 INVENTORY, BY ADAM H. MARCHAND, AN INSTALLATION OPENING AT THE WASHINGTON STREET ART CENTER, 10 NOVEMBER SOMERVILLE, Mass. — With Inventory, Adam H. Marchand has cataloged thirty years’ worth of his possessions on index cards. On each card (there are 2,500) he has typed brief…
Read More »Taking advantage of an early Thanksgiving dinner with family and a late Patriots game, we ventured to Tyngsboro for a 3:50 pm screening of Lincoln, Steven Spielberg’s new film about our 16th President. If you have any interest in American history or politics, you will immediately judge the movie a…
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…
Read More »Lincoln at Gettysburg on November 19, 1963 (hatless in the center), Library of Congress photo In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was invited to deliver some remarks at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive…
Read More »The following showed up as a comment and came to me by email. I’ve never heard of Jack Boston but thought some of our readers might have. Please leave a comment on this post if you have any info. I am looking for a picture of a man by the…
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