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The Feast of St. Anthony is celebrated every year in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts on the weekend of the last Sunday in August. [1] The feast has been celebrated since 1919 when a group of Italians from Montefalcione settled in the North End of Boston. [ 2 ]
North End. The best known Italian festival in Boston is the Feast of St. Anthony, which has been celebrated every August in the North End since 1919. It originated in Montefalcione, Avellino, in honor of the town's patron saint, Sant'Antonio di Padova. The main event is a 10-hour-long procession in which a statue of the saint is carried through ...
For the next few days, the North End is going to be filled with Catholic processions celebrating Saint Anthony of Padua and heavenly food stalls. Boston's Saint Anthony's Feast is happening this ...
North End, Boston (2 C, 53 P) P. Patriarca crime family (1 C, 36 P) Pages in category "Italian-American culture in Boston" ... Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian;
The population of Italian immigrants in the North End grew steadily until reaching its peak, in 1930, of 44,000 (99.9% of the neighborhood's total population). [19] Although many businesses, social clubs, and religious institutions celebrate the neighborhood's Italian heritage, the North End is now increasingly diverse. [20]
North End. Boston's North End is the largest Little Italy in the Northeast. More than 80 restaurants are densely packed into this area of less than one square kilometer. ... Victory Point is a ...
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The Feast typically takes place the weekend after Labor Day. Just like other Italian feasts in the area (like Saint Anthony's Feast and the Fisherman's Feast), large life-sized statues of the saints are carried by members of the Saints Cosmas and Damian Society down local streets. As the Procession moves along, the Saints are stopped at each ...