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The past two summers, teams of archaeologists from Queen’s University in Belfast have traveled to Lowell to conduct a dig on the grounds of St. Patrick’s Church in partnership with UMass Lowell and St. Patrick’s Parish. The the excavations and related research have yielded much of interest about Lowell’s earliest…
Read More »Yesterday (June 30, 2012) was Edith Nourse Rogers Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts per order of Governor Deval Patrick. In honor of the former Congresswoman from the Fifth Congressional District, a small ceremony was held at the Allen House of UMass Lowell where a proclamation from the governor was…
Read More »If I had a “bucket list,” seeing John Sebastian perform live once more would have been on it until last night. Check. The highly entertaining Sebastian has been a favorite of mine since the Lovin’ Spoonful broke into the record charts in the mid-1960s with songs like “Do You…
Read More »Canada – our neighbor to the North – is the largest country in North America and the second largest country in the world. It is located north of the United States and southeast of Alaska. It has ten provinces and three territories. Over 33 million people live in Canada. Most…
Read More »More about Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers as we celebrate “Edith Nourse Rogers Day” in the Commonwealth. From the archive: After serving for 35 years as a Member of Congress representing the Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District, Edith Nourse Rogers died on this day September 10, 1960 – in the midst of…
Read More »As Governor Patrick designates June 30, 2012 “Edith Nourse Rogers Day” – here are some photographic “memories” of Edith Nourse Rogers: Edith Nourse Rogers presides over the House Chamber in the 1920′s image from the Collection of the U. S. House of Representatives. Lowell Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers watching President…
Read More »Governor Deval Patrick has just proclaimed June 30th as Edith Nourse Rogers Day in Massachusetts. Rogers was the member of Congress who represented Greater Lowell from 1925 until her death in 1961. Though a Republican, she was a strong supporter of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal but she is best known…
Read More »I just returned from a long weekend in New York City. Over the next few days I’ll do some blog posts about sites and stories from the trip. Today, the National 9/11 Memorial: The National 9/11 Memorial is a fitting tribute to those who perished on September 11, 2001. The…
Read More »President John F. Kennedy stands in an open car while a large crowd cheers as the President’s motorcade passes through Cork, Ireland. June 29, 1963 With today’s meeting of Queen Elizabeth and former IRA leader Martin McGuiness now part of history, it seems appropriate to remember another historic visit to Ireland that…
Read More »“River Board” by Richard Marion (c) 2012 The image was painted many years ago on a cabinet door found by the artist along the Merrimack River. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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