Family and friends of Robert "Buddy" Spagnuolo gathered at St Leonard's Church on Hanover Street this morning for a funeral mass to celebrate the life of the 90-year-old North End resident, who died on Aug. 30. And then, before they left for his burial at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, they further celebrated his life with an unusual daytime fireworks display above the North End:
WTH? Who's sending up fireworks in the middle of the day in the Jorth End?!?! @universalhub pic.twitter.com/vQJtLzFIvT
— y2000k (@y2000k) September 7, 2021
Spagnulo, who grew up on Endicott Street, was a veteran of the Korean War. He was also a member of Local 25 and the North End Knights of Columbus
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Kim Janey found the red button?
By Friartuck
Tue, 09/07/2021 - 12:05pm
Sorry, I'm a temp and didn't know what that button was for...
It may have been for
By adamg
Tue, 09/07/2021 - 1:38pm
A funeral.
But also:
RIP Buddy, what a send off,
By Roger Ruggiero
Tue, 09/07/2021 - 4:10pm
RIP Buddy, what a send off, God Bess
Explosions
By anon
Tue, 09/07/2021 - 2:12pm
I could hear it on Canal Street. The sound was massive. Like explosions. People came running out of the Dunkin Donuts to see what was going on.
Post updated
By adamg
Tue, 09/07/2021 - 9:11pm
With some info about who the fireworks were honoring.
Any relation to ....
By Ron Newman
Wed, 09/08/2021 - 6:37am
Richard Spagnuolo, who is on the ballot running for Mayor of Boston, but who is always omitted when the Globe or anyone else lists the candidates? I only know about him because he has a big banner flying over Hanover Street, which I encountered during St. Anthony's Feast last month.
If it hadn't been in the
By coffeeweasel
Wed, 09/08/2021 - 9:18am
If it hadn't been in the North End, I would have said it was for the funeral of my 91-year-old Korean War vet neighbor who passed away on Sept 1. But we're in Brighton.
"When I go..."
By Tim Mc.
Wed, 09/08/2021 - 2:43pm
"...honor my life by setting fire to the North End with explosives."
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