Great Animation Showing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration

Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration (1 dot = 10,000 people)

http://metrocosm.com/us-immigration-history-map.html

(Click on above link.)

Here’s Everyone Who’s Immigrated to the U.S. Since 1820

"From 1820 to 2013, 79 million people obtained lawful permanent resident status in the United States. The interactive map below visualizes all of them based on their prior country of residence. The brightness of a country corresponds to its total migration to the U.S. at the given time.

Use the controls at the bottom to stop / resume the animation or to move back and forth in time."

Thanks to Robert Forrant, facebook friend from Lowell, MA who posted this yesterday. Sharing was encouraged, and I thought some genealogy friends would enjoy seeing this.

There Is A Lot to Like About Lowell -- Memorials around the City Hall

"There is A Lot to Like About Lowell" is the city slogan.

(See tab on right side called "Lowell Series" for many more articles about Lowell.)

Memorials around the City Hall

City Hall to the right. See below for inscription.

CITY OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS

NORTHERN CANAL RENEWAL AREA

ARCAND DRIVE

Dedicated on November 11 to the Memory of

PFC. Donald Leonard Arcand

Born in Lowell, February 13, 1946

Killed in Action, Vietnam, September 1, 1965

City Manager  Charles A. Callagher

Mayer  Robert C. Maquire

Commissioner of Public Works  George P. Legrand, JR.

Councillors:

John E. Cox

Thomas L. Crowley

Edward J. Early

Raymond J. Gilbridge

Richard P. Howe

Armand W. Lemay

Samuel S. Pollard

Ellen A. Sampson

Dedicated to the Early

Greek Immigrants by Their

Grateful Progeny

1983

AI_NIA   AYT_N   H  MNHMH
(Memory Eternal)

DEDICATED

IN HONOR OF

THE POLISH

AMERICANS OF

LOWELL

MAY 3, 1977

CZESC POLONII

DEDICATED TO THE

IRISH-AMERICANS

OF LOWELL

1822  --  1977

IN MEMORY OF

1915  --  1923

THE VICTIMS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

A MOTHER'S HANDS

Knot by knot, her hands weave the history of her people.

The delicacy of the crochet integrated into this cross stone

is symbolic of the beauty and strength of the Armenian heritage.

This ancient culture lives forever, just as the imprint of

the first genocide of the 20th century

lives in the collective memory of the Armenians.

The blooming cross stone is the permanent reminder that

the massacre of more than 1.5 million Armenians

within the Ottoman Empire will never be forgotten

that in spite of the pain and horror of the genocide,

knot by knot, the Armenian People everywhere

weave their hopes and dreams, as they bloom and prosper.

IN HONOR OF THE

HERITAGE AND

CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE

PORTUGUESE COMMUNITY TO

THE CITY OF LOWELL

JUNE 10, 2009

IN HONOR OF THE FRANCO - AMERICANS

OF LOWELL, MASS

JUNE 24, 1974

IN HONOR OF THE FRANCO - AMERICANS

OF LOWELL, MASS

JUNE 24, 1974

I am so proud that Lowell recognizes the various ethnic groups in this city. The ones represented above came to the city many years ago, but there are others who have come more recently, came for a better life. They left war and poverty of their home land, and are very peaceful.

A quick look at the Wikipedia report on Lowell, provided the following statistics about the nationalities of the citizens here. "According to the 2010 Census, there were 106,519 people residing in the city. The population density was 7,842.1 people per square mile (2,948.8/km²). There were 41,431 housing units at an average density of 2,865.5 per square mile (1,106.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 60.3% White, 20.2% Asian American (12.5% Cambodian, 2.0% Indian, 1.7% Vietnamese, 1.4% Laotian, 0.6% Chinese, 0.2% Filipino, 0.1% Korean, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Burmese), 6.8%African American, 0.3% Native American, 8.8% from other races, 3.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.3% of the population (11.3% of the population is Puerto Rican, 1.9% Dominican, 1.5% Colombian, 0.5% Mexican, 0.2% Salvadoran, 0.2% Guatemalan). Non-Hispanic Whiteswere 52.8% of the population in 2010, compared to 92.5% in 1980.^[29]

In 2010, Lowell had the highest proportion of residents of Cambodian origin of any place in the United States, at 12.5% of the population. Estimates of the total number of Cambodians living in the city of Lowell range from 11,000 to 25,000-35,000. The Government of Cambodia had opened up its third U.S.Consular Office in Lowell, on April 27, 2009, with Sovann Ou as current advisor to the Cambodian Embassy. The other two are in Long Beach and Seattle,Washington, which also have a large community."

This is a city of many restaurants, each nationality seems to have several. Just today, we ate at a Greek restaurant, established 63 years ago, and it was packed. Olympia, a good solid Greek name.

Do we get along, I think so, do we all understand each other, I doubt it. My hairdresser of 10 years came from Vietnam 20 years ago, not speaking a word of English. We have some funny conversations, but I wouldn't change her for the world.

40 Nationalities of Lowell, Massachusetts

 Polish monument in front of City Hall, the Greek and Irish monuments are to the side of City Hall.

The Polish, Greeks, Irish, Portuguese, Cambodians, Indians, Canadian and French Canadians all settled or are now settling in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Follow-up for September 16, 2015:
Since I first posted the above in June 2012, I have seen quite a few more memorials, and will post them soon. In the meantime, I want to share a piece about 40 nationalities in Lowell, and I took it this weekend, shown below.

 This place card is located on the Northern Canal, near the Wannalancit Mills.

 From Forty Nations
"Lowell's residents have emigrated from all around the world. Soon after the city's factories began operations, mill agents looked beyond Yankee farms and villages for workers and increasingly hired new immigrants.

Beginning with the Irish before the Civil War, Immigrants arrived in waves, often settling into ethnic enclaves. So many French Canadians settled here during the second half of the 19th century that this section of the city become known as Little Canada.

A 1912 map identified Little Canada as well as Greek, Polish, Portuguese, and Jewish neighborhoods. School records from this era listed children from forty nations.

In the late 20th century, Latinos, southeast Asians, Africans, Brazilians and others settled in Lowell's old neighborhoods and introduced new customs to the city."

Canadian workers, 1900   Chinese immigrant, 1890s    Portuguese worker, 1910    Syrian couple, 1917    Vietnamese woman, 1980s         Russian Jewish couple, 1910

City Hall is located on the far left.