After a one-year halt, Roslindale returns to its parade routes

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The rainfall held disconnected for today's Roslindale Day Parade, the archetypal since 2019, and held successful grant of longtime parade organizer Tom Donahue, who died earlier this year.

Shriner doing wheelies

JP Honk

Parade dancers

Kids from the St. Nectarios school:

Kids from the St. Nectarios school

At slightest by Walworth Street, the crowds seemed larger than successful caller years:

Parade crowd

Roslindale "mayor" Vicky Elias of the Rialto Barber Shop waved to the crowds:

Parade politician  Vicky Elias.

Candidates for politician of Boston and for metropolis assembly walked down the route, but the day's astir important governmental quality was astir apt that supporters of incumbent at-large Councilor Michael Flaherty this twelvemonth gave retired not lone Flaherty emery boards, but candy:

Flaherty protagonist  handing retired  emery boards

Michelle Wu

Annissa Essaibi George

Essaibi George had mode much large rigs supporting her than Wu (who had none); perchance adjacent outnumbering the Shriners with their miniature trucks:

Akiki tow motortruck  for Essaibi George

Ruthzee Louijeune

John White, who is moving for the District 5 (Roslindale, Hyde Park, Mattapan) assembly spot walked with supporters. Incumbent Ricardo Arroyo was not successful the parade.

John White

Both Kendra Hicks and Mary Tamer, moving for the District 6 (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mission Hill and a spot of Roslindale) spot Matt O'Malley, walked:

Kendra Hicks

Mary Tamer

Erin Murphy, moving for 1 of the 4 at-large seats, had a fuzzy supporter. Murphy was besides the lone campaigner who gave retired candy by herself, alternatively than delegating that wholly to volunteers:

Erin Murphy protagonist  and dog

There was lone 1 marching band, but it was a large one: A combined effort of Quincy and North Quincy precocious schools:

Quincy and North Quincy marching band

Dance Academy munchkins

Parade bicyclist

Boston Latin Academy Latin students

Parkway Braves with trophies

Bolivian dancers

Giant squirrel

Man connected  horn

Cars of some past and aboriginal dilatory moved down Belgrade:

Old car

Old car

Solar-powered car   from MIT

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