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Boston businesses prepare for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston on Sunday. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston celebrates St. Patrick’s Day traditions with local businesses

Josee Matela March 22, 2017

Thousands of Boston residents joined together to celebrate community at the 116th St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The streets of South Boston came alive with seas of green attire, recurring choruses of...

OUTVETS, which was recently denied a spot in the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade, will now lead the annual procession after organizers reversed their decision. PHOTO COURTESY MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM

OUTVETS to march in South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Blau Ramos March 16, 2017

OUTVETS, a Boston-based organization of gay veterans, will now be allowed to march in the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade after the reversal of a decision by the Allied War Veterans Council...

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EDITORIAL: St. Patrick’s Day Parade needs to adapt to social change

Editors March 12, 2017

Three years ago, Boston made history by allowing a group honoring gay and transgender military veterans to march in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston. The group, OUTVETS, went on to...

Governor Charlie Baker announced Thursday an $82.7 million MBTA Winter Resiliency Plan, according to a press release. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Looking Back, Looking Forward: City news coverage preview

Mina Corpuz June 10, 2015

Boston University is seamlessly integrated into the city, which gives students a chance to immerse themselves in city culture and witness changes in Boston. This fall, Massachusetts voters elected a new...

LGBT groups partake in St. Patrick's Day parade

LGBT groups partake in St. Patrick’s Day parade

Julia Metjian March 16, 2015

[mediagrid cat="19249"] Despite light rain and warnings of snowfall, hundreds gathered in South Boston on Sunday to celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the annual South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade. This...

The Immaculate Heart of Mary School announced Feb. 26 that they will be opting out of participating in the Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade due to the participation of OUTVETS, a LGBT Veterans group. PHOTO FROM MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM/FLICKR

Catholic school withdraws from parade, opposes OUTVETS

Carlee Wieser March 5, 2015

Immaculate Heart of Mary School in the city of Harvard renounced its participation Thursday in the annual South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade, scheduled for March 15, in response to the acceptance...

The OutVets, a gay veterans group, will be allowed to march in the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade for the first time in March. PHOTO BY TIM PIERCE/FLICKR

First LGBT group to march in South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade

Gabriela Arriaga December 20, 2014

The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council decided Monday in a 5-4 vote to include the veterans group OutVets in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade scheduled for March 15, 2015, marking the first...

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