Cat and dog in the parade. See it larger.
Roslindale lucked out today, getting a rare rain-free weekend day - and nice temps - for the annual neighborhood parade, now named in honor of Tom Donahue, who long helped organize it.
Boston motorcycle cops were near the front:
Plenty of politicians, of course, and Police Commissioner Michael Cox:
Miss Roslindale USA, Britt High, had the wave down:
Some Dance Academy students flipped over being in the parade:
A Shriner Minuteman must've seen the whites of their eyes:
When whitewalls were big:
By the '60s, the white had shrunk, but was still fairly wide:
Neighborhood reflected in a hubcap of one of the three 18-wheelers that transported all the Shriner mini-vehicles:
The Roslindale parade always includes Bolivian dancers:
The parade's one marching band, from Quincy:
Getting in some trombone licks:
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Comments
I miss Rozzi...
By Betty White
Sun, 10/01/2023 - 5:17pm
Thanks for sharing Adam. I miss Rozzi. I lived four houses up from the intersection of Walter Street & South Street. The parade ended right outside my front door.
Moved out of the city during the pandemic to a single story residence out in the country. Honestly hate it; it is too damn quiet out here. Rozzi was just so perfect for City living without having to be downtown
A Beautiful Day
By David
Sun, 10/01/2023 - 7:06pm
But the thing would often grind to a halt for 10-15 minutes, more than enough time to endure the speaker trucks of unspeakable loudness. In fact, far into the evening they still echo through the hills of Monterey. Lovely day, though.
Anybody have a shovel?
By Rosetta Stone
Mon, 10/02/2023 - 7:44am
Who decided to put the horses at the beginning of the parade? You can guess what happened, and that nobody was prepared to deal with it.
The parade is great. I just
By anon
Mon, 10/02/2023 - 10:40am
The parade is great. I just wish they'd make it a little more on the marching band side and a little less on the big trucks side. There's a place for the large trucks that kids like and so on but this one is very heavy on that.
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