History

The Road to Baltimore

Shortly after 11 am on April 19, 1861 as the Lowell-based Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment marched through Baltimore on its way to reinforce the nearly undefended Washington DC, a pro-Southern mob attacked the soldiers from Lowell. Within an hour, Luther Ladd, Addison Whitney, Sumner Needham and Charles Taylor were…

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Warren Christopher, 1925-2011

I was sad to see the obituary of Warren Christopher the other day. Christopher served our country in many capacities over the decades, from being a Naval officer in World War Two to Secretary of State in the Clinton Administration. Always exuding decency and dignity, Christopher was an admirable public…

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Spring, Day One, Midlands

Out walking this morning with my brother in the middle zone of the Highands, looping around Penniman, outer Cupples Square, Liberty, Calvary Baptist Church, South Walker, Shaw, Eastern Electrical Repair, the Morey School, our one-and-only urban glacier monument, and the Donut Shack. Strong sunshine even with weather reports calling for some amount of snow…

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