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Jim Peters is a regular contributor to this site who has written several times about Native Americans and Lowell. Here’s today’s installment: Lowell has a strong history of colonization by many groups over the years. We take it for granted that Lowell will absorb a new culture every forty years…
Read More »Here’s the video of my March 27, 2011 talk on “Lowell in the Civil War” that was sponsored by the Lowell Historical Society. I discuss how men from Lowell played a critical part in the opening month of the American Civil War. Thanks to the Lowell National Park’s Phil Lupsiewicz…
Read More »Colonist visiting with Chief Massasoit in 1621 On April 1, 1621 – from This Day in History at History.com: At the Plymouth settlement in present-day Massachusetts, the leaders of the Plymouth colonists, acting on behalf of King James I, make a defensive alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags. The agreement,…
Read More »Another excerpt from “The Record of a City: A Social Survey of Lowell Massachusetts”, written by George F. Kenngott in 1912 (p.29). Shortly after the close of the Civil War, the French-Canadians came in ever increasing numbers, induced by the demand for labor which the growth of manufactures created, and…
Read More »The topping off ceremony at the construction site of UMass Lowell’s Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center was satisfyingly inspirational for many reasons, chief among them being the sight of a long white steel girder autographed by hundreds of people in blue Sharpie and bearing a small fir tree and US…
Read More »Sunday, May 22, is a day to mark on your calendars if you are interested in literature, Lowell, the creative economy, poetry, history, America, and more. If the planets line up correctly, there should be four new books released that day by Kate Hanson Foster, Paul Hudon, Bob Forrant &…
Read More »First Lady Abigail Adams (1744-1818) On this last day of March – Women’s History Month – it is fitting to note that on this day – March 31, 1776 – in a personal letter – Abigail Adams urged her husband John Adams “to remember the ladies.” As the Continental…
Read More »The NYTimes today has an article about a new art project involving tractor trailers and a bunch of activist visual artists and writers and performers. Read about The Great American Art Trip as reported by Randy Kennedy, and get the NYT if you want more of this kind of arts…
Read More »The recent release of the 2010 census got me thinking about the demographics of Lowell. That prompted me to open my copy of “The Record of a City: A Social Survey of Lowell Massachusetts”, a fascinating book written by George F. Kenngott in 1912. The book is both enlightening and…
Read More »As a founding member of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation back in the late 1990s and a longtime Chair of the Distribution Committee, I know how important this seach for a new leader is to the foundation and the Greater Lowell/Merrimack Valley community. It is a critical position in our local non-profit…
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