Menu
Fort Sumter, National Park Video
Here is a great video go along with co-author Marie’s post below.
Read More »The Civil War Begins – April 12, 1861
Bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861) by Currier & Ives. From History.com – On this day April 12, 1861, the bloodiest four years in American history began when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard open fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay. During the next 34 hours,…
Read More »UTEC Says…”Let Lowell Vote”
Please join Lowell teens and UTEC teen organizers Wednesday April 13 for the Joint Committee on Election Laws’ Public Hearing on Bill # 1111 – a home-rule petition filed by Lowell City Council to let 17 year olds vote in Lowell municipal elections! Boston, MA Statehouse in Hearing Room A2…
Read More »Municipal News
A variety of notices from different city offices bring news of a variety of events of the non-cultural/historic type (there are plenty of those in other posts). Here’s a sampling: The city’s Green Building Commission invites the public to attend its next meeting on its Green Restaurants program which will…
Read More »Lowell 175
A gorgeous spring evening was the perfect backdrop to the city of Lowell’s 175th birthday party. While the brisk breeze may have strained the arms of those carrying the national flags of the many countries from which Lowell’s citizenry originated, it made the flags much more visible as they were…
Read More »Pawtucket Falls Overlook/Spalding House Park Developments: A Community Briefing – April 30, 2011
What? “A Community Briefing on Pawtucket Falls Overlook/Spalding House Park Developments.” Learn about exciting plans for improvements and upgrades that will enhance public access to and visibility of these significant historic locations on both sides of the Merrimack River at the falls. Who? Speakers from City of Lowell, Lowell National Historical Park,…
Read More »Feastday of Saint Marguerite d’Youville
Today – April 11 – is the Feastday of Saint Marguerite d’Youville (1701-1771), a French Canadian widow who founded the religious order – the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal – commonly known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal. Founded to give shelter to the poor, the Grey Nuns later took over…
Read More »Tewksbury’s Mike Daley Says “YouChoose” and He’ll Do It!
Mike Daley from Tewksbury has come up with one crazy, fun idea. For one year (that’s 2011) Mike is going to give people a choice of two stunts and they select the one they’d like to see him do. People cast their votes on Mike’s YouTube Channel. He calls it…
Read More »Celebrate Lowell175 at Lowell City Hall – Today!
LOWELL CELEBRATES 175 YEARS OF INCORPORATION Staffer Jen Myers wrote in the Lowell Sunday Sun: LOWELL —Are you ready to party? The city is throwing a fun-filled event …on Monday April 11, 2011… at City Hall to kick off a year of celebrations as the city turns 175 years old.…
Read More »1826-1926: Lowell’s Centennial Celebration
On March 1, 1926, the city of Lowell held an all-day observance of its one hundredth anniversary as a town. The day began with 4000 students at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium and another 2000 at the Cyrus Irish Auditorium at Lowell High. Here’s the schedule for the morning program: 1.…
Read More »