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One of my uncles passed away yesterday at 97 years old. In my family he was always “Uncle Tommy,” Thomas C. Brady of Lowell, raised along the Concord River and longtime resident of Centralville. He was in the US Navy in WWII, serving in the Atlantic and Pacific on ships…
Read More »This is the fifth installment of my Lowell in World War One series which commemorates the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War One. Here are the headlines from one hundred years ago this week: April 30, 1917 – Monday – American steamer sunk by sub.…
Read More »Armenian Genocide begins: April 24, 1915 By Mimi Parseghian Today is the 102nd anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. It was in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 24, 1915, that close to 300 Armenian leaders and intellectuals were arrested in the city of Constantinople (now Istanbul). …
Read More »This is the fourth installment of my Lowell in World War One series which commemorates the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War One. Here are the headlines from one hundred years ago this week: April 23, 1917 – Monday – Success for British in new…
Read More »Lowell’s first Points of Light Lantern Celebration will take place this Saturday, April 22, 2017, from 5 to 9 pm at Ecumenical Plaza which spans the Western Canal in in front of Holy Trinity and St. Patrick’s churches at 282 Suffolk Street in Lowell. Organized by DIY Lowell and many…
Read More »At the top of the stairs leading to the third floor rotunda of the Massachusetts State House in Boston is a colorful mural, ten feet high and fifteen feet wide, that depicts the soldiers of the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment fighting a well-armed mob of angry civilians in Baltimore,…
Read More »On April 14, 1865 – Good Friday – Abraham Lincoln went to Ford’s Theatre. As he watched the play from his presidential box above the stage, John Wilkes Booth shot him in the back of the head. Lincoln was carried out of the theatre and across the street to William…
Read More »On the Road Again: In Germany By Mike Boudreau Mike Boudreau grew up crisscrossing the city of Boston before settling in Tyngsboro, MA, in 2002. After a 28-year career in the U.S. Air Force, he returned to New England and earned a Masters in Community and Social Psychology at UMASS…
Read More »Today is the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted 82 to 6 to declare war on Germany, and on April 6, 1917, the House of Representatives voted 373 to 50 for the declaration. Because America did not have a…
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