History

Folk Festival Sketch: 2011

   An excerpt from the chapter about the Lowell Folk Festival in my forthcoming book, Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park, which will be available from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in September. The book was produced in collaboration with the National Park Service. Here is…

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Let’s examine our conscience.

Here are two articles for your Saturday morning reading. Both note how America and Americans address problems. The first from Ann McFeatters – a columnist who has covered the White House for years – speaks in more general terms  – “Americans sure have odd ways of dealing with their problems“…

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