Nancye Tuttle reviews the newly published Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia, by Richard Francis, an account of the 19th century “hippie commune” established by the literary Alcott Family in nearby Harvard, Massachusetts. Check out Nancye’s review on her blog, Nancye’s World.
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Cut from American Cloth (4) Congresswoman (“Mrs. Rogers”) Rogers was in the middle of a line of Republican U.S. Representatives from the Lowell area who controlled the seat from 1859 to 1974, with the exception of a single two-year term for Democrat John K. Tarbox (1875 – 1877). It took…
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Veterans Day falls on November 11th to mark the anniversary of the armistice ending the First World War. Perhaps no other conflict in western history has generated more acknowledgement of the savageness of our species. The furnaces of the Holocaust represent the result of a society gone mad, led by…
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Community Teamwork, Inc. & the Merrimack Valley Regional Network to End Homelessness Present: Lura Smith in a Gospel Concert of Thanksgiving November 20, 2010 from 12:00 – 2:00PM Eliot Presbyterian Church 273 Summer Street Lowell MA Special Guest Artists The Andover Baptist Church Unity Choir Michael Lally, Founder/Director SRO Bobby…
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Another story from Eileen Loucraft about a veteran from Lowell who died in the service of his country during World War One, this one from the September 30, 1920 newspaper: The body of the late Sergt. George W. Brick, son of Mrs. Winnifred Brick of 119 Pleasant street, a former…
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The city of Lowell and the Global War Veterans, an organization for those who served in the military after Vietnam, will dedicate a new Veterans Memorial at the Westlawn I Cemetery which is at 155 Boston Road (behind Edson Cemetery). Besides memorializing veterans, this site will also contain the appropriate…
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More than one hundred Greater Lowell veterans, their families, elected officials and others from the community gathered at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium this morning for a Veterans Day ceremony. Greater Lowell Veterans Council Commander Bob Cronin, shown above on the stage of the Auditorium, served as Master of Ceremonies. State…
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Univerity of Massassachusetts Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan announced his plans yesterday to make “student life” more welcoming and comfortable for UML student veterans by opening a new student veterans center on campus. From today’s Lowell SUN: UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan said yesterday the university is planning to open a…
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Lowell photographer Anne Ruthman yesterday documented the Veterans Day ceremony at UMass Lowell. See her fine images here on her blog.
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The World War Two veterans monument on the grounds of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, by Tony Sampas.
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