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The Bread and Roses Heritage Festival is an annual, open-air festival in Lawrence, Massachusetts that celebrates labor history, cultural diversity, and social justice. It is a free, day-long event featuring live music and dance, children’s activities, theater and spoken word performances, walking and trolley tours, ethnic food, Lawrence History Live! and information from local organizations ...
Lawrence is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, on the Merrimack River.At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 89,143. [2] Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and North Andover to the east.
The 1984 Lawrence, Massachusetts riot caused mass unrest and destruction in Lawrence, Massachusetts’ Lower Tower Hill neighborhood. Between August 8th and 10th, 1984, Lawrence’s white and Latino residents fought back and forth as they yelled out racial slurs, threw rocks, and hurled Molotov cocktails through the sky. [1]
The downtown Lawrence gastropub (746 Massachusetts St.) has been sold to Whitney VinZant’s Kansas City-based restaurant group. ... warm hospitality and supporting the Lawrence community ...
Peter Giroux [7] has served as the community's General Servant for the majority of the Franciscans of Primitive Observance's existence. Fr. Andrew Beauregard was superior from 2015 to 2018. The catholic young adult group, Pure in Heart Lawrence, regards Andrew Beauregard as its spiritual director. [8]
Essex County, of which Lawrence is a part, is the location of 461 properties and districts listed on the National Register. Lawrence itself is the location of 24 of these properties and districts. [2] This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 14, 2025. [3]
During the first Irving Rogers' tenure, the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune was founded in 1959 by finally merging the company's two newspapers into one afternoon paper. Irving Rogers Sr. was also the publisher who moved the company to new headquarters in North Andover. [9] During Rogers family ownership, the paper dropped "Lawrence" from its nameplate.
That year, the B&M set a land speed record for railed vehicles by operating the first authenticated 60 mph (96.6 km/h) train, The Antelope, from Boston to Lawrence, travelling 26 miles in 26 minutes. [4] The first station in Lawrence, South Lawrence, was a wooden structure built in 1848 just north of Salem Street.