Feast of St. Anthony

The Feast of St. Anthony is celebrated every year in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts on the weekend of the last Sunday in August.

[citation needed] The Italians wanted to keep their heritage strong in America so they continued to celebrate the feast as they did in Italy.

The side streets of the North End are filled with 100 different push carts including food, such as arancini, sausage, peppers and onion, quahogs, calamari, pizza, pasta, and of course zeppole, cannoli and gelato.

The main event is a 10-hour-long procession, in which a statue of St. Anthony is carried through the streets of the North End; it is followed by devotees, numerous marching bands, and floats.

[1] Throughout the 10-hour-long procession numerous donations are pinned to the statue, in hopes that the saint will answer the donor's prayer as the band performs Marcia Reale.