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Although over 30 communities in the colonies eventually renamed themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin. The Massachusetts Town of Franklin was the first and changed its name in 1778. |
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The city is named in honor of Francis Cabot Lowell (1775 – 1817), a manufacturing pioneer who designed and funded the construction of the first power loom in the nation. |
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The visible portion of Plymouth Rock is a lumpy fragment of glacial moraine about the size of a coffee table, with the date 1620 cut into its surface. |
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