Monuments

Roger Baribeault Square – Fisher Street and Cumberland Road – Born in Lowell in 1923, Roger Baribeault served in the U.S. Army in World War II and was awarded a bronze star for heroism. His was a lifelong parishioner of St. Louis de France Church in Centralville and member of…

Alfred J. Baraby Jr. Square – Andover Street and Wilder Road – Alfred J. Baraby Jr. was born in Nashua in 1919. He eventually moved to Lowell and was a longtime resident of Belvidere. He served in the United States Army during World War II. After the war, he worked…

Mary Bacigalupo Park – Shattuck Street – Mary Bacigalupo was an educator and community activist who died of cancer on November 7, 2001. After teaching English and social studies in the Lowell public schools for many years, Mary became the coordinator for the Center for Field Services at the University…

William Aubut Square – Broadway and Wilder streets – William Aubut was killed in action on February 23, 1945, near Selgersdorf, Germany, while serving with the U.S. Army’s 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. He was 27 years old and is buried in the American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands. Aubut…

Armory Park Monument – 50-74 Westford St – This monument was dedicated on November 11, 1985, on the site of the city’s historic armory which was constructed in 1891 and demolished in 1973. The inscription on the monument is ARMORY PARK – IN APPRECIATION TO ALL NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WHO TRAINED…

Harry Allen Field – at St. Louis Field – Joseph H. “Harry” Allen was known as the “King of Softball” in Lowell and had 1500 wins as a pitcher over a 20-year career. His teams won state championships in 1953 and 1956. He pitched the first night softball game at…

Armand W. Alix Square – Adams/Market/Cabot/Salem streets – Armand V. Alix died in Lowell on November 8, 1921, at age 23 as the result of wounds suffered in 1918 during the Argonne Offensive in France while he served with Battery F, 102nd Field Artillery Regiment. He was survived by his…

Joseph Albert Square – Worthen and Moody streets – Joseph E. Albert was killed in action on Iwo Jima on March 1, 1945, at age 33 while serving with the United States Marine Corps. Born in 1912, Albert attended St. Joseph’s School and worked at the Lowell Ordnance plant prior…

For several years I’ve been compiling information about all the monuments and memorials in Lowell. There are nearly 700 on my list thus far. Besides identifying them all, I am researching the person, group, or event memorialized.  Today I begin posting these biographical sketches here, one-by-one, with a couple each…

During a visit to Washington, DC, earlier this month, I got my first look at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial which is located south of the National Mall, just across Independence Avenue from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Congress authorized the creation of a memorial to Eisenhower back in…