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This day – November 22, 1963 – and the days that followed are forever etched in my memory and my heart. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, son of Massachusetts, the 35th President of the United States was assassinated in Dallas. From the archive… Death of the President ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy – November…
Read More »One hundred and fifty-two years ago, on Nov. 19, 1863, famed orator Edward Everett – who served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State, taught at Harvard University and served as its president – delivered a two-hour speech at the Gettysburg National…
Read More »The latest from regular contributor Jim Peters: One of my good friends told me the other day that he could not read my blogs sometimes because they were so full of history and notes on historical facts. So, I promised him a new Meanderings. Here it is. I…
Read More »My view from the visitor’s gallery/EM Kennedy Institute for the US Senate A few thoughts about Marty Meehan’s rise from a Lowell neighborhood kid to becoming President of the University of Massachusetts… I’ve known Marty since he was fifteen years old … while we haven’t always run in the…
Read More »Genealogist Walter Hickey has long wanted and worked hard for years to have these Lowell Police Court Naturalization records available for informational and research purposes. In partnership with LowellIrish, the links to search these records are now available on-line. Along with his research in Lowell Irish History, the history of…
Read More »On this day last year as the Kennedy legacy got a renewal with Ted Kennedy, Jr. elected to the State Senate in Connecticut and great-great grandson Joe Kennedy, III re-elected to his 4th CD seat in the US House of Representatives…we looked at the maternal side of the family to remember the life and…
Read More »I was eight years old when the Mets started playing baseball in New York City. I was a Red Sox fan already, but grabbed onto this novelty of a team that, like the 1960s themselves and the Project Mercury astronauts, signaled the future to me. The Red Sox were my father’s…
Read More »“All Hallows Eve” has always been an interesting time for me because of its roots in Irish myth, mystery and history and it’s the eve of my birthday! Of late, the celebration of Halloween has seemed as much a time for adult activity, parties and “fancy dress” as it is for…
Read More »Jim Peters shares a couple of historical stories about the importance of voting: We are at an important point in our city’s history. Fewer voters came out to vote in the preliminary election than has probably ever happened before. Let me tell you two stories. One comes from…
Read More »Thanks to Jim Latham, President of the Trustees of Lowell Cemetery, for sharing the text of his remarks made at Saturday’s dedication of the Oliver Whipple Columbarium at Lowell Cemetery: Good Morning, I’m Jim Latham, President of the Trustees here at Lowell Cemetery. Other Trustees in attendance this morning are…
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