The National Parks Second Century Commission released their findings in a report on Thursday, September 24, 2009. The Commission examined the National Parks today and the report presents a vision for the next 100 years.
The report includes references and findings from their visit to Lowell National Historical Park, one of five "exemplar" parks the Commission visited during their year long project.
Did You Know?
Protests came to Lowell in the mid-1830s. Mill management...twice reduced the take-home pay of women workers. Faced with growing inventories and falling prices, owners believed the only way to sustain profits was to cut labor costs. The mill workers were not willing to accept this logic.