Allen Ginsberg in Lowell

Allen Ginsberg in Lowell By Leo Racicot      A sad irony — the first time Allen Ginsberg came to Lowell, it was to help bury his beloved friend, Jack Kerouac. The two met in 1944 at Columbia University when they were students there. They hit it off instantly, traveled…

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Frederick Douglass and the Fourth of July

In the years before the American Civil War, Frederick Douglass was a frequent visitor to Lowell. Although the city’s entire reason for existence was the production of cloth made from cotton harvested by enslaved Africans in the American south which provided a strong incentive for those in Lowell to remain…

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4th of July in Lowell from L’Etoile

4th of July in Lowell – (PIP #37) By Louise Peloquin A 4th of July throwback announcing an honor roll dedication, advertising an evening of celebration and covering heat elevation. Times have changed and yet, have they? Articles below from L’Etoile, June 30, 1944. Honor roll dedication on Tuesday   …

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