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‘Tan Mill’ by Richard Marion
“Tan Mill” by Richard Marion (c) 2012 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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LNHP Superintendent Michael Creasey’s New Role
Superintendent Michael Creasey standing befor the LNHP float in the 2011 City of Lights Parade It was inevitable that Lowell National Historical Park Superintendent Michael Creasey would be advancing in the National Park Service. His successful session at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University along with the obvious respect his views…
Read More »James G Carney, 1804-1869
James G Carney is a name that has long been familiar to me because of the Carney Medal, the award annually bestowed on the top three male and top three female students at Lowell High School. However, recent research disclosed much more about Carney that’s worth sharing. He was born…
Read More »In the Merrimack Valley: Nashua, New Hampshire Inauguration Ceremonies
January 9, 2012
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Nashua, New Hampshire* It wasn’t only about the upcoming, first-in-the-nation primary and Presidential candidate debates and events in New Hampshire this past weekend. Staff writer Dean Shalhoup writes in the Nashua Telegraph of the 106th Inaugural and Swearing-In ceremonies held yesterday in the city of Nashua. Nashua’s first female Mayor – Donnalee Lozeau – was…
Read More »Civil War talk this Friday in Chelmsford
This coming Friday, January 13, at 10 a.m., I’ll be giving a talk at the Chelmsford Public Library on the coming of the Civil War with a focus on key pre-war events in Greater Lowell. The event is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by LIRA (Learning…
Read More »JFK Farewell: “We shall be as a city upon a hill” ~ January 9, 1961
MassMoments reminds us that on this day January 9, 1961, President-elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy addressed the Massachusetts legislature. He acknowledged in an oft-quoted reminder that “of those to whom much is given, much is required.” Yet, the main subject of his address was the unique legacy of the Commonwealth – our Bay…
Read More »Jim Peters on preserving the University Ave Bridge
Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares his thoughts on the University Ave Bridge, an issue on the city council agenda tomorrow night: The problem with following the meanderings of the mind is that the mind is relatively complex, although some of my friends say I do not have to worry about…
Read More »Ken Burns, History Hero
An old friend of mine last night sent a message on Facebook saying she recently had heard the brilliant filmmaker Ken Burns speak in Brattleboro, Vermont, which got me thinking about my first encounter with Burns. My recollection is that I saw his documentary about the Statue of Liberty that was broadcast in 1985…
Read More »Iconic Cookbook For Middle-Class First Published in 1896
Young brides were given a copy of the Fanny Farmer Cookbook as a must-have staple to begin married life. Middle class housewives and “ladies of the house” used it religiously. Later, it became the basis of those science of home economics classes taught in public high schools. The Fannie Farmer…
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