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Looking Back to 1968

July 25, 2025 by PaulM Posted in Lowell, The Beatles, Dracut, Paul Marion, Vietnam War, Space exploration, 1968, Brian J. Martin, Lowell High School 4 Comments

Looking Back to 1968 by Paul Marion In late November 1968, my friend Susan April walked three miles in the rain from her home in Dracut, Mass., to buy the new Beatles double album at a Lowell record shop and hitchhiked home when the paper bag from the store began…

Vivid Resistance in the ’60s & ’70s: Michael Ansara on the Record

July 24, 2025 by PaulM Posted in Politics, Reviews, author, 1960s Protests, Vietnam War Leave a Comment

Michael Ansara of Carlisle, Mass., who has family roots in Lowell, has published a first-person account of the social turmoil of the 1960s and ’70s, a time when he was a young activist, fired-up in pursuit of peace and justice. His book, The Hard Work of Hope: A Memoir is…