Showing at Parker Memorial Library, 28 Arlington St., Dracut
"One Family, Three Women: A Tale of Franco-American Lowell " is the story of a family as told by a mother, her daughter and one of her grandchildren. But it could easily be the story of other Lowell families whose French-Canadian forebears came to Lowell in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for a better life.
In November 2023, Doris (Beauchesne) Côté, her daughter Denise Beaudry, and granddaughter Samantha Moran shared their generational experiences of being Franco in Lowell at a panel discussion conducted by Professor Mercédès Baillargeon, Ph.D., and sponsored by the Department of World Languages and Cultures at UMass Lowell.
The session was recorded by Chelmsford Telemedia (CTM) volunteers Allen Beebe and Robert Pariseau and edited by them at the CTM studios, adding Côté and Beauchesne family photos as well as archival materials from the UMass Lowell Center for Lowell History and the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
The project was coordinated by Lowell Franco-American Day Committee member Suzanne Beebe. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments offered with a Franco twist.
Presented by CTM TV, UMass Lowell and Franco-American Day Committee
For more info contact Mercedes_Baillargeon@uml.edu