Lowell Walks this Saturday

Lowell Walks will resume this coming Saturday, July 8 2017, at 10 am at Lowell National Park Visitor Center. This week’s walk, Lowell Poems and Poets, will be led by Paul Marion. Paul plans to visit Lucy Larcom Park, Boott Mills, Kerouac Park, and other downtown sites. At each stop,…

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Poem of Dr. Kem Ley

Lowell-resident Tooch Van, a Cambodian-American and Community Activist, wrote this poem to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Dr. Kem Ley. Born in 1970 and educated at universities in Thailand and Malaysia, Dr. Ley became a political activist and vocal critic of the government of Prime Minister Hun…

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1967: Independence Day in Lowell

Happy Independence Day! To commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War One, each week I’ve been posting a summary of that week’s newspaper headlines from the corresponding dates in 1917. This week’s post included July 4, 1917.  I noticed that there was little mention of Independence Day celebrations that year.…

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