Planting spring bulbs.
Sunday, October 17, 2021
October 17, 2014 On This Day in Lowell, Massachusetts
Saturday, September 11, 2021
Massachusetts Remembers 9/ll With Memorial and Names -- 20 Years Later
All photos by Barbara Poole.
When I came across the Boston memorial to the 206 Massachusetts victims of September 11, 2001, one day while strolling in the Public Gardens, I knew I had to share my photos and more importantly, the names of all those from Massachusetts who died. We will never forget.
Stephen G. Adams, Gertrude
“Trudi” Alagero, Anna S.W. Allison, Barbara Arestegui, Myra Aronson, Yaphet
Aryee, Garnet “Ace” Bailey, Christine Johanna Barbuto, Mark Lawrence Bavis,
Graham Berkeley, David W. Bernard, Mark Bingham, Jeffrey D. Bittner, Susan
Leigh Blair, Kelly Booms, Carol Bouchard, John B. Cahill, Michael R. Canty,
Christoffer M. Carstanjen, Neilie Anne Hefferman Casey, William Caspar, Swarna
Chalasani, Stephen Cherry, Geoffrey William Cloud, Jeffrey D. Collman, Kevin
Patrick Connors, Jeffrey William Coombs, John “Jay” Corcoran, Fredrick John
Cox, Tara Kathleen Creamer, Thelma Cuccinello, Patrick J. Currivan, Dorothy de
Araujo, Gerald F. DeConto, Manuel Del Valle, Gerard P. Dewan, Simon Dhanani,
David DiMeglio, Donald A. DiTullio, Alberto Dominguez, Jamie Lynn Fallon,
Alexander M. Filipov, John R. Fisher, Richard Fitzsimons, Carol Flyzik, Alan
Friedlander, Paul J. Friedman, Karleton Douglas Beye Fyfe, Thomas Edward
Galvin, Douglas Gardner, Peter A. Gay, Linda Mae George, Edmund Glazer, Lynn
Catherine Goodchild, Peter M. Goodrich, Lisa Fenn Gordenstein, Douglas A.
Gowell, Andrew Curry Green, Donald Freeman Greene, Francis Grogan, Philip Guza,
Paige Farley Hackel, Maile Hale, Carl Hammond, Christine Lee Hanson, Peter
Burton Hanson, Sue Kim Hanson, Gerald Hardacre, Melissa Harrington-Hughes, Eric
Hartono, John C. Hartz, Peter P. Hashem, James E. Hayden, Robert J. Hayes,
Roberta Bernstein Heber, Edward R. Hennessy, Norberto Hernandez, Todd R. Hill,
Cora Hidalgo Holland, Herbert Wilson Homer, John Nicholas Humber, William
Christopher Hunt, Waleed Joseph Iskandar, Erik Hans Isbrandtsen, Aaron J.
Jacobs, Ariel L. Jacobs, Jason K. Jacobs, Robert A. Jalbert, Gricelda E. Garo
James, Amy Nicole Jarret, John Jenkins, Joseph Jenkins, Charles E. Jones,
Jennifer Lynn Kane, Robin L. Kaplan, Robert A. Kaulfers, Richard Keane, Barbara
A. Keating, Ralph F. Kershaw, Brian Kevin Kinney, David P. Kovalcin, Kathryn L.
LaBorie, Judy C. Larocque, Natalie ”Janis” Lasden, Robert G. LeBlanc, Dong Lee,
Joseph A. Lenihan, Jeffrey LeVeen, Daniel Lewin, Sara Low, Sean P. Lynch,
Marianne MacFarlane, Susan McAleney Mackay, L. ”Neil” Mariani, Kenneth J.
Marino, Karen Martin,Joseph Mathai, Margaret Mattic, Kevin M. McCarthy, Juliana
Valentine McCourt, Ruth Clifford McCourt, Michael Gregory McGinty, Thomas F.
McGuinness, Gavin McMahon, Christopher Daniel Mello, Stuart Todd Meltzer,
Raymond Joseph Metz, Martin P. Michelstein, Craig J. Miller, Antonio Montoya,
Carlos Montoya, Laura Lee Defazio Morabito, Christopher M. Morrison, Brian
Joseph Murphy, Mildred Rose Naiman, Shawn M. Nassaney, Laurie Olsen Neira,
Renee Tetreault Newell, Kathleen Anne Nicosia, Jacqueline Norton, Robert
Norton, John Ogonowski, Leah E. Oliver,Seamus O’Neal, Betty Ann Ong, Jane M.
Orth, Marie Pappalardo, Robert Pattison, Thomas Nicholas Pecorelli, Todd D.
Pelino, Berinthia Berenson Perkins, Jean Peterson, Dennis J. Pierce, Everett
”Marty” Proctor, Carrie Beth Progen, Sonia Mercedes Morales Puopolo, Patrick J.
Quigley, Jonathan C. Randall, David E. Retik, Vanesha Richards, Fredrick J.
Rimmele, Isaias Rivera, Waleska Martinez Rivera, Stephen L. Roach, Raymond J.
Rocha, Laura Rockefeller, Jean D. Rogér, Philip M. Rosenzweig, Richard Barry
Ross, Michael Craig Rothberg, James M. Roux, Jessica Leigh Sachs, Rahma Salie,
Jesus ”JR” Sanchez, Matthew Carmen Sellitto, Kathleen Shearer, Robert M.
Shearer, Antoinette Sherman, Jane Louise Simpkin, Heather Smith, Dianne Bullis
Snyder, Timmothy C. Stout, Edward W. Straub, Brian David Sweeney, Madeline Amy
Sweeney, Kevin T. Szocik, Deborah Tavolarella, Leonard Taylor, Michael
Theodoridis, Eric Thorpe, Alicia Titus, Amy E. Toyen, Daniel Trant, Jim
Trentini, Mary Trentini, Tyler Ugolyn, Michael Augustine Uliano, Kenneth E.
Waldie, Meta Fuller Waller, Stephen Ward, William Michael Weems, John J.
Wenckus, Peter M. West, Maudlyn A. White, Candace Lee Williams, Christopher R.
Zarba.
The list of names came from 9/11 Victims With Massachusetts Ties (CBS Boston, September 11, 2011). Click on names to read their profiles. The Massachusetts 9/11 Fund has a few activities for today, September 11, 2017.
9-11-2001 We Will Never Forget Memorial in Lowell, Massachusetts
World Trade Center
On this date:
Sept. 11, 2001
The United States was attacked by terrorists.
The country, united in Patriotism,
Responded, Recovered and Rebuilt.
This Memorial is dedicated to the memory of
the fallen Firefighters, Police Officers,
Emergency Medical Technicians and Civilians
who lost their lives on this tragic day.
May we never forget those who suffered,
those that continue to suffer and
those that made the supreme
sacrifice on this day.
Let us always recognize the
dedication and sacrifices of the
Post 9-11-2001 Veterans
for their service during the
War Against Terrorism.
On Sept. 11, 2001, 977 people were lost including:
343 FDNY Firefighters
37 Port Authority Police Officers
23 NYPD Police Officers
8 Private Ambulance Company Emergency Medical Technicians
A Patrolman from New York Fire Patrol
A Citizen of the City of Lowell: (See below.)
Chronology of this fateful day:
08:46 American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center With 92 people on board
09:03 United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center with 65 people on board.
09:38 American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the U.S. Pentagon,
Washington, D.C. with 64 people on board and also killing 125 people inside the Pentagon.
10:05 the South Tower of the World Trade Center Collapses.
10:10 United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into a field in Somerset, Pennsylvania with 44 people on board.
10:28 the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
The Lowell City Hall view from the memorial.
Cobblestones Restaurant is behind, on the right side and the Masconic Temple behind the memorial.
Police Department to the right.
Liberty Tree Park
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
The History of the House my Grandfather Built as shown in Photos, 5 Christmas cards, His Architect's Home Description, and a Recent Listing.
Do you know the history of one or more of your ancestors? In my case, I just researched the house my grandfather built in 1949. The address has always been the same, but it has been listed in three different towns. I recently discovered this when I googled his house. Wow, the house is now in Berlin, CT, not New Britain or Kensington as in the past. I decided to look at some of my handmade Christmas cards he made to see what they had for an address. He built this in 1949, his second-built home. His first built house in 1930 was covered in my post called 90 Adams Sreet, A Very Special Place (I was born there). My grandfather left me a good trail, but I had to find the clues. It helped that he was the architect.
No date with this card, but it is probably before 1952, based on my grandmother's death. Here they were in New Britain, CT.
He often used his house as his design for Christmas. Other cards are shown below.
E Photo card, undated. Annual Christmas message on the back.
My grandfather had a sense of humor and was into Star Wars. He even put his age on this card, can you find it?
Annual Christmas message on the back.
This 1976 painting shows his backyard on a snowy day. About 11 years ago, my husband and I went to the house and I gave the new owners this painting. They were delighted.
My grandfather having fun in 1950, in front of his house. All Christmas cards show a circular driveway, so he made that change after he moved in.
The "An Architect's Home" has been in my possession since his 1980 death, and I thought it was written at the time he completed the house in 1949. Turns out, I was mistaken because there is a 1978 date at the bottom, which means he must have been thinking of selling the house. It sold for $82,000 in March 1982!
Of course, we all had to have a map to get to his new house. I believe there was much confusion because this was to the second town, Kensington.
When I googled the house, there was an active link for the house showing 36 photos and a detailed description. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/62-Chatham-Rd_Berlin_CT_06037_M48895-69375
This is a snippet from one of the 36 photos. The red and white open bookcase on the left was what my grandfather used for his piano music and photos. There is another bookcase on the opposite side of the fireplace.
I took this family photo in 1956. It is the same room as the snipit above. The window behind my father was removed and the room enlarged.
Impressive, Stately Colonial located in the Kensington section of Berlin and within walking distance to Shuttle Meadow Country Club. This house is extremely spacious....walk inside the front door into the formal foyer area. Large remodeled kitchen offers plenty of cabinet space and is open to the large dining room area. The formal living room includes a fireplace and overlooks the gorgeous backyard. You can also enjoy the yard from the three-season porch which opens onto a lovely patio. The family room is tremendous. From the high ceilings to the incredible stone fireplace, you will love spending time in this area of the house. Upstairs are the four bedrooms. The master bedroom includes a full bath and a walk-in closet. The lower level of this house includes an in-law apartment. It has its own separate entrance and includes a living room, kitchen, full bath and bedroom. This apartment can also be changed back to a 1-car garage as well. The flat backyard offers many possibilities for either gardening, a play set, or a pool. Great location.....very convenient to all major highways. Welcome home!
for 62 Chatham Rd
GENERAL
- Sold For: $325,000
- Taxes: (7/14-6/15)
- Status: Closed
- Type: Single Family
- MLS ID: G10055335
- Added: 2, 227 day(s) ago
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