THE PRINT EDITION
THURSDAY MARCH 24, 2022
VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74
Observing History
Chief Marshal McDonough pays her respects at the grave of the first Parade Chief Marshal. by Rick Winterson
E
ver y yea r, Sout h B o s t on o b s e r ve s March 17 because of its historic importance. Certainly, we celebrate March 17 as the date of St. Patrick’s passing, a part of South Boston’s Irish heritage. It’s also a date of epic A merican historical
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significance. On March 17, 1776, fortif ications that had been erected in a single night on Dorchester Heights forced the British troops to evacuate Boston. That was the first victory in America’s War for Independence; it earned General George Washington a gold medal and became known as Evacuation Day. Ever since then, what is now South Boston has observed this day and its critical victory. As the saying goes, “Without Evacuation Day, there would have been no Fourth of July.” Father Joe White began the day with a 9:30 Mass in the St. Augustine Chapel. One of St. Peter’s Epistle messages was “Be hospitable to one another …”. Luke’s Gospel was about the first Apostles being told by Christ as they fished on Lake Galilee that “ye shall become fishers of men”. Gen. Washington also knew Continued on Page 3
Members of the Lynch family attending the 142nd Annual Evacuation Day Banquet
by Rick Winterson
T
he South Boston Citizens’ Association (the SBCA) held its 142nd Annual Evacuation Day Banquet. Three hundred guests dined on corned beef and cabbage in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The SBCA was
first formed in 1880, and just to keep the Banquet count accurate despite the COVID pandemic, it celebrated both its 140th and 141st Evacuation Day Banquets simultaneously last fall. And this March 17, 2022, was the 246th anniversary of the original Evacuation Day, which was the Continued on Page 6
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