THE PRINT EDITION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2016
“Here’s to the bright new year, and a fond farewell to the old; here’s to the things that are yet to come, and to the memories that we hold.” (Anonymous)
VOLUME XVIII - ISSUE 52
Reminder: Polar Plunge, Scleroderma Fundraiser by Rick Winterson A New Year’s thought for those of you who have moved to South Boston recently: Please consider either taking part in (or at least stopping by to watch) South Boston’s Annual Polar Plunge. It is perhaps South Boston’s oldest tradition, which is saying a lot in a neighborhood that honors its traditions as faithfully as Southie does. The Plunge takes place for (at least) the 116th time in the Curley Community Center/L Street Bathhouse on the K Street Beach side, at 10:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day – Sunday, January 1, 2017. Both Plungers and spectators are welcome. Plan to come in a costume of your own design. And beforehand, why not stop in at L Street Tavern – intersection of L and Eighth – to join the Plungers who are attending the Scleroderma Fundraiser? After appropriate libations, a
march led by Kevin Conroy’s bagpipe band will step off from the Tavern at 9:30, and proceed down L Street to the Curley Center and the Beach on the K Street side. You are welcome to march, whether you are a Plunger or a spectator. Scleroderma is a dread, incurable disease that uses your contributions to continue its research into treatment and perhaps eventually, a cure. As for the Polar Plunge itself, this South Boston tradition might go all the way back to veterans returning from the Civil War. It was first reported in Boston newspapers in 1901 – the same year the Heights monument was dedicated and the St. Patrick’s/Evacuation Day Parade first began. It is the oldest known such Plunge in the U.S. And if nothing else, South Boston’s Polar Plunge will clear your mind of all those cobwebs from New Year’s Eve. See you there? Why not?!?
Wishing You and Yours
Above are photos of last year’s participants in the Polar Plunge, Scloeroderma Fundraiser
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