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On the Building of Springfield Let not our town be large, remembering That little Athens was the Muses’ home, That Oxford rules the heart of London still, That Florence gave the Renaissance to Rome. Record it for the grandson of your son — A city is not builded in a…
Read More »Poet Kate Hanson Foster of Groton learned today that her book “Mid Drift” from Loom Press was selected as one of the best collections of poetry published in Massachusetts in 2011. Mass Book Awards are for books by Massachusetts authors or about Massachusetts. The book is on the “Must-Reads” list…
Read More »Another of a series of articles I’m writing about Lowell in the years and days leading up to the start of the American Civil War is now online on Howl in Lowell. This article examines the city’s small but influential African-American community and the role Lowell played in the Underground…
Read More »St. Marguerite D’Youville As last year we remind you that today April 11 is the Feast Day of Saint Marguerite D’Youville. The fruits of her works and the work of her sisters are quite well-known in the Lowell area today. Locally, the highly regarded D’Youville Senior Care whose entire heathcare…
Read More »In Her Own Words: Remembering Mary Sampas The Hellenic Culture and Heritage Society, in collaboration with the Whistler House Museum of Art, will celebrate popular Lowell Sun writer Mary Sampas through readings of some of her early essays, travel columns, poetry and excerpts from celebrity interviews. The event is free…
Read More »“Writing About Place: Local to Global” — A Talk by Author Jane Brox Monday, April 23, 12 noon, UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center Free and open to the public Award-winning author Jane Brox, a native of the Merrimack Valley, will discuss the way literature is both affected by a…
Read More »Tonight I attended an excellent program at the Tsongas Industrial History Center on The Lowell Textile Strike of 1912. The program was jointly organized by the TIHC, the Lowell National Historical Park, UMass Lowell, The American Textile History Museum, the Revolving Museum and the Bread & Roses Centennial Committee. The…
Read More »When studying history, some years seem more interesting than others. As comedian Robin Williams famously said, “If you remember the 1970s, you weren’t there.” One year deserving of additional scrutiny may be 1912. Just in the month of April you had the sinking of the Titanic and the opening of…
Read More »For more than a century, historians have used 618,000 as the approximate number of men who died in the American Civil War. That number, it turns out, may have significantly underestimated the number of casualties. As reported in the Science section of last Tuesday’s New York Times, a demographic historian…
Read More »Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro ~ Class of 1960 Today April 8 is the Feast Day of St. Julie Billiart – a French religious leader who founded and served as the first Superior General of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. During my years at the Academy…
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