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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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »Lowell photographer Anne Ruthman yesterday documented the Veterans Day ceremony at UMass Lowell. See her fine images here on her blog.
Read More »The World War Two veterans monument on the grounds of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, by Tony Sampas.
Read More »From the UMass Lowell Honors Program: “The Honors Program is proud to welcome the award-winning filmmaker Henry Ferrini to campus on November 18 as this year’s Honors Community Fellow. Ferrini will screen his 30-minute film, Lowell Blues, at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center, 50 Warren Street in Lowell, at 4:00, followed…
Read More »A few days ago we posted a Veterans Day essay by Steve O’Connor. Steve ended with a passage about the grave of Edward Rowe who was killed in World War One. After reading the essay, our World War One archivist, Eileen Loucraft, found the 1918 newspaper story announcing Rowe’s death.…
Read More »This blog is in good historical company as a publication that regularly features poetry. Read Ralph Waldo Emerson’s four poems in the first issue of the Atlantic magazine, published on November 9, 1857.
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