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Today is the 71st anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, one of the most audacious military operations ever undertaken. In recognition of the event, I’ve reposted below a story I wrote several years ago about D-Day. Includes are some photos from a 2004 family visit to Normandy. The Allied invasion…
Read More »I want to extend the reach of a letter in today’s SUN written in support of US Rep. Niki Tsongas. Read the letter by Ellen Murphy Meehan here.
Read More »Here is another article on Lowell in the American Civil War by Jim Peters: There is a book, called the “Illustrated History of Lowell, Mass.” which was published two centuries ago. In it are stories of Lowell’s efforts to become what Niki Tsongas once called “the Center of the Universe.”…
Read More »The twists and turns of life and the human condition are often unpredictable. On this day ~ May 30 1971 ~ our former United States Senator for Massachusetts – one-time Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and our current United States Secretary of State – the President’s chief foreign…
Read More »From the archive… On this day – May 29, 1917 – John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Joseph and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy. John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy – often referred to by his initials JFK – was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his…
Read More »With increasing discussion about renovating the Smith Baker Center near Lowell City Hall, I went to the vault to get this essay written in the moment in 1989. Let’s hope we can revive the Smith Baker Center and offer the public inspiring events like Maya Angelou’s appearance there.—PM . A Day That…
Read More »With the nearly iconic role of priests of the Society of Jesus in the Catholic Church – world-wide and here in Massachusetts and long before the election of Pope Francis, would it be a surprise that the Jesuits were banned from the Massachusetts Bay colony? Here’s the story from our…
Read More »Thanks to the Lowell Sun for a nice story today about the Lowell Cemetery tours. Reporter Brendan Lewis and photographer Caley McGuane joined the tour this past Saturday and did a good job of capturing what the tour is all about – interesting stories about American history, always with a…
Read More »Jim Peters shares another story about the history of Lowell. Paul Revere served primarily as a Silversmith. He made beautiful silver dinnerware for the wealthy of Boston and its environs. What people do not know is that he also had a foundry and in this manufacturing plant, he made, among…
Read More »Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. “In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire” [An address delivered for Memorial Day, May 30, 1884, at Keene, NH, before John Sedgwick Post No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic.] Not long ago I heard a young man ask why people still kept up…
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