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On this day June 7, 1862 – Gen Benjamin F. Butler of Lowell, Massachusetts and the military governor of New Orleans ordered William Mumford hanged after he removed, desecrated and destroyed the US flag on display over the New Orleans Mint. Of the event – Butler himself wrote, “I thought…
Read More »Lowell Mayor Jim Milinazzo and some members of the Host Committee welcome delegates to the 2011 Massachusetts State Democratic Convention to Lowell and the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell on Saturday June 4, 2011. It is the 5th time since 2000 that Democrats have gathered at the Tsongas!
Read More »Given the brouhaha caused by Sarah Palin’s recent account of the activities of Paul Revere on that famous night of April 18, 1775, I thought it might be helpful to post some information and some links from The Massachusetts Historical Society’s official blog site – The Beehive: Paul Revere’s Ride…
Read More »On this day in history – June 6, 1944 – with the approval of U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe – Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history began. Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in the D-Day invasion…
Read More »Taking a page from my colleague Dick Howe’s book, I offer this photo of the 1980 Lowell School Committee. Can you identify the members? Who was the Mayor?
Read More »On this day June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) was assassinated in Los Angeles after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary. Shortly after midnight – after winning the California primary election for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, Kennedy was shot as he walked…
Read More »Some months ago in a comment on this blog, Prof. Bob Forrant of UMass Lowell used the term “capital strike” in suggesting that big businesses appear to be sitting on record profits when they could be stimulating the economy, creating jobs, and moving the nation ahead. Here is a passage from opinion column…
Read More »According to the State House News Service via the PatriotLedger.com, State Representative Tom Conroy of Wayland has officially acknowledged that he too be will a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2012 race for the U.S. Senate. He joins a roster that includes Newton Mayor Setti Warren, City Year…
Read More »Jim Sullivan reminds us in today’s Boston Globe that there is a very special exhibit at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell. “Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam’’ explores the self-expression of these “troops sent across the Pacific on the ship, now inactive, (who) left behind Kilroy-style markings on the…
Read More »One of the more fascinating trends to arise in the wake of the financial crisis has been the renewed interest of the political right in gold. Today’s New York Times ran a story about the latest part of this trend: Utah has passed a law allowing gold and silver coins to…
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