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The recent death of Beverly Bennett – a businesswoman and charitable activist – who lived her entire life on Andover Street in North Tewksbury across from the First Baptist Church – made me think about the people who lived in our area of North Tewksbury over the years, my old neighbors, …
Read More »Julie Mofford, a former staffer at the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, who currently lives in midcoast Maine where she writes and works as a museum and historical society consultant, shares this account of her past research on the bells of Lowell. “Up before day at the clang of the bell…
Read More »Today Mass Moments brings us a history-making event from 1971… it took place on the iconic Lexington Green. It highlights a past that flows into the present… protests of war and foreign involvement persist today. The fall-out of war – treatment of our veterans – was a post-Vietnam issue and it is a issue of controversy…
Read More »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 assassination in 1963.…
Read More »MAYA ANGELOU PAPERS ACQUIRED; REMEMBERING HER IN LOWELL This is a re-post from Oct. 27, 2010, offered today in remembrance of Maya Angelou’s life and writings. The post began with a head note: Today’s NYTimes includes this article about the Harlem-based Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the NY Public Library…
Read More »An important reach back into the blog archive as Mass Moments reminds us of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment send-off into Civil War history… 54th Massachusetts Regiment ~ Marches Through Boston May 27, 1863 May 28, 2013 Marie 1 Comment Today MassMoments reminds us that on May 27, 1863 the 54th…
Read More »From the archive – a day late – a Mass Moments reminder: Jesuits Banned from the Massachusetts Bay Colony ~ May 26, 1647 May 26, 2013 Marie Leave a comment MassMoments reminds us that on this day – May 26, 1647 – the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony…
Read More »My family shares an 1860s house with my wife’s parents. We’ve been spring-cleaning this weekend, and one of the tasks was to straighten out the old bookcases that are scattered around their side and our side of the big house. In one small wooden bookcase on their side, one partial…
Read More »Here’s the talk I gave at TEDx Lowell a couple of weeks ago: [youtube]1UWwv3mTSTU[/youtube]
Read More »I’ve posted this prose poem from 1978 on the blog before. It was written soon after the experience that provided the brief story thread. In those days, I was constantly on the lookout for images and incidents that could feed a new composition. I wanted to write, write, write. It’s a slight piece, but…
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