Lawrence History Center

On behalf of the Lawrence History Center Board of Directors, Staff, and Volunteers, we thank all of you who continue to support our mission to collect, preserve, share, and interpret the history and heritage of Lawrence and its people. We are humbled by your donations to our 2011 Annual Appeal.

Because of your support, we are able to continue to provide access to the invaluable resources in our archive, as well as launch new educational opportunities, events and, most recently, to open "Short pay! All out! The Great Lawrence Strike of 1912" on the 6th floor of the Everett Mill! Be sure to check out the Online Bread and Roses Centennial Exhibit, as well!

The 2012 Centennial Commemoration is off to a great start and we offer our sincere gratitude to those who value the history and heritage of Lawrence as much as we do! We hope to see you Lawrence in 2012!!

(If you haven't contributed, it is not too late! Donations may be made online by clicking the Donate button on the left or by mailing your donation payable to the Lawrence History Center, 6 Essex Street, Lawrence, MA 01840)

The Lawrence History Center is pleased to announce a family event sponsored by the Bread and Roses Centennial Committee --

The Revels Repertory Company will perform “An American Journey” on:

Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Everett Mill, 15 Union Street, 6th Floor, Lawrence, MA 01840
(performance will be held within the LHC Exhibit, "Short pay! All out")

In 1907, more people immigrated to the United States than in any other year (1.25 million). “An American Journey” focuses on the three largest groups at that time (Irish, Italians and Eastern European Jews), but it honors the struggles and courage of all who have left their homeland to come to the United States.

Ticket and event information is forthcoming -- we look forward to seeing you and your family at this wonderful performance!

For more information, please visit Revels -- An American Journey. Watch a short video from “An American Tapestry” here:

United States Senator Scott P. Brown
recognizes
the Lawrence History Center

For the auspicious occasion of the Bread and Roses Centennial - the Great Lawrence Strike
of 1912. The efforts of the History Center to reenact the worker's strike and educate the
residents of Lawrence is truly appreciated.

Scott P. Brown
United States Senator for Massachusetts
January 12, 2012

This Sunday marks the 100 year anniversary of the death of Anna LoPizzo. Anna was killed on January 29, 1912, on the corner of Union and Garden Streets. Her death occurred when a shot was fired in a crowd of scuffling strikers and police. LoPizzo, a bystander, was struck in the chest by the bullet and died. Strikers claimed the shot came from police and police accused the strikers. To this day the incident is a mystery (more information available at the online Bread and Roses Centennial Exhibit at http://exhibit.breadandrosescentennial.org/node/63).

To remember her, we invite you to join us this Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 10:00 AM at Lawrence History Center, 6 Essex Street, Lawrence, MA 01840. We will be walking a short distance to the site of her death - leaving flowers, lighting candles, saying a few words, and leaving behind a memorial sign with information on what happened at the site 100 years prior.

For more information, please contact us at 978-686-9230. We hope to see you on Sunday!

“Short pay! All out!” The Great Lawrence Strike of 1912 is now open on the 6th floor of the Everett Mill, 15 Union Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Exhibit Hours:
Thursday through Saturday
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
and by appointment by calling the Lawrence History Center at 978-686-9230.

The exhibit is free and open to the public and is fully accessible at the rear entrance to the Everett Mill.

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“Susan, there are over 200 students downstairs waiting to get into the freight elevator,“ whispered LHC Board President, Pamela Yameen, to LHC Executive Director, Susan Grabski on the snowy morning of Thursday, January, 12, 2012. And so began the opening of the bilingual exhibit, “Short pay! All out!" The Great Lawrence Strike of 1912, Bread & Roses Centennial.

100 years to the day after the Great Lawrence Strike of 1912 began, in the place where the strike began, the Lawrence History Center welcomed roughly nearly 500 guests into its 3,000 square foot exhibit space for the exhibit opening and to launch the year long, city wide calendar of events to commemorate the Centennial of the Bread & Roses Strike of 1912.

On behalf of the LHC Board of Directors, Staff, and Volunteers, LHC Director, Susan Grabski, welcomed guests and thanked supporters of and contributors to the development of "Short pay! All Out!"

Grabski then introduced a speaking program that included Marianne Paley Nadel (Everett Mills), Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (Massachusetts’ Fifth Congressional District), State Senator Barry Finegold (Massachusetts’ Second Essex and Middlesex District), Steven Tolman (President, Massachusetts AFL-CIO), Jacqueline Cooke (Regional Administrator, Women's Bureau , U.S. Department of Labor), Rocío Sáenz (President, SEIU Local 615), and Professor Robert Forrant (Chair, Bread & Roses Centennial Committee).

To view excerpts of the speeches, skillfully filmed by Lorre Fritchy of MasterPeace Productions, please visit the Lawrence History Center's YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/user/lawrencehistory