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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] They began a society called the Sant'Antonio Di Padova Montefalcione which ...
The North End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. [ 1 ] It is the city's oldest residential community, having been inhabited since it was colonized in the 1630s. It is only 0.36 square miles (0.93 km 2), yet the neighborhood has nearly one hundred establishments and a variety of tourist attractions.
Each year on the weekend of the last Sunday in August, Boston's North End holds a feast in honor of Saint Anthony. Referred to as the "Feast of All Feasts", Saint Anthony's Feast in Boston's North End was begun in 1919 by Italian immigrants from Montefalcione, a small town near Naples, where the tradition of honoring Saint Anthony goes back to ...
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1890s – 1910s. [edit] The first wave of Italian immigration to Boston occurred in the late 19th century. In 1890, Boston's Italians numbered less than 5,000 and accounted for only 3% of Boston's foreign-born population. By 1897, that figure had risen to 11%, with 18,000 living in the North End alone. [ 1 ]
The Old North Church (officially, Christ Church in the City of Boston), is an Episcopal mission church located in the North End neighborhood of Boston. The church, which was built in 1723, is the oldest standing church building in Boston and a National Historic Landmark. Old North Church is famous for its role in Paul Revere 's midnight ride on ...
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