It is that time of the year again when more than one million Juerguistas dressed in green fill the streets of the big most Irish city in the United States for the southern day parade of San Patricio, celebrating the heritage and contributions of all those that come from Esmeralda Island.
Sunday’s parade dates back to the change of the twentieth century and marks the day of St. Patrick and evacuation day, which commemorates the day in 1776 when the British troops left Boston after a prolonged siege during the revolutionary war.
The 3.5-mile (5.6 kilometers) parade rolls through the South Boston neighborhood, an Irish-American inheritance center in a city where more than 1 in 5 people are of Irish descent. The Venarians of the Allied War of Southern Boston organizes the parade and this year’s Marshal head is the retired Lieutenant from the Navy. Alanna Devlin Ball, who grew up in the neighborhood and represented the United States at the Invictus 2023 Games in Germany, where he took gold home in weightlifting.
“Lieutenant Cdr. The 12 -year career of Devlin Ball in the Navy serves as an inspiration for young women who seek to serve in today’s army. We are grateful for their service, sacrifice and example power,” said American representative Stephen Lynch, native of South Boston.
The parade is scheduled to start a little earlier in the morning of normal. Last year events They were tarnished by violence and public poisoning that officials say they hope to stop on Sunday.
The objective of the parade is “to keep the tradition of honoring heritage and service alive,” said the War Veterans Council in a statement.
The parade has also been a source of political controversy in past years. The Veterans Council of the Allied War of Southern Boston prohibited the homosexual rights groups of the march in the parade until a decade and a ruling of the United States Supreme Court confirmed that right in the 1990s.
Two gay and lesbian groups He joined the parade in 2015. The organizers of one of the groups, Boston Pride, announced the movement as a point of progress at that time.
Chicago celebrated its San Patricio Day parade on Saturday. Philadelphia also celebrates on Sunday and New York City celebrates its parade on Monday.
