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Boston celebrates second COVID-era St. Patrick’s Day

Taylor Brokesh March 17, 2021
South Boston’s traditional St. Patrick’s Day Parade was canceled for the second year in a row.
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...

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...

EDIT: More colors on St. Patrick’s Day

Daily Free Press Admin March 17, 2014

In 1995, John Hurley, the chief organizer of the South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, was so against Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Groups participating in Southie’s annual parade that...

Walsh fights for LGBT groups to march in St. Patrick’s Day parade

Daily Free Press Admin March 3, 2014

In an ongoing discussion about the role of openly gay groups in the annual South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh met with the parade’s organizers Sunday to find a solution...

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