Dorchester Day ParadeEvery year, the Dorchester Day Parade commences on the first Sunday in June.
This year the parade is scheduled to kick off on June 1, 2025. The parade starts at 1:00 p.m. in Lower Mills at the corner of Washington Street & Dorchester Avenue and travels along Dorchester Avenue to Savin Hill at the corner of Columbia Road and Dorchester Avenue. The parade route is 3.2 miles.
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Lou Pasquale, 2022 Chief Marshall
Luigi Pasquale was born on July 9, 1926 in Milton, Ma, one of ten children. He had five brothers and four sisters. Lou has been married to his wife Theresa for 72 years and has two children, two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Raised in Quincy, he went to Quincy Public Schools and as a teenager worked on ships at the Fore River Shipyard after school during WWII.
Lou began to feel an increasing desire to enlist in the service, despite the fact he was too young to serve and his parents did not approve.
Finally, at 17, Lou told his parents he wanted to enlist and they signed his papers. Lou served as a machine gunner in the Army and was sent to Okinawa. Near the end of WWII, Lou was seriously wounded in an explosion at an ammunition depot he was guarding.
This near death experience changed his life forever. Lou decided if he lived, he would help an individual every day for the rest of his life. Lou has certainly fulfilled his promise the past 75 years.
After nearly a year convalescing in various hospitals, Lou came home and started a very successful masonry business. He worked for several years on multiple homes in and around Quincy and his impeccable work still stands to this day.
In 1956, Lou was asked to work on a job in Dorchester by the Sammartino and Strazulla families who operated Phillips Candy House. He never left. That job, building Boston Bowl, was the start of a 65 year relationship in the Dorchester community as Lou worked right up until the pandemic in March 2020.
Everyone who visited Boston Bowl knew “Louie” as he was a fixture at the bowling desk for decades. He also repaired the lanes, fixed the pinball machines, worked the snack counter, broke up fights in the pool room and prevented many more in his role as a one man security team. Lou took a great interest in helping local kids by starting bowling leagues and providing jobs, keeping them off the streets and out of trouble. Many of those kids developed lifelong friendships with him.
Lou also worked as the longtime manager of the Phillips Old Colony House and Freeport Tavern where everyone knew his name. During the holidays, Lou would greet customers at Phillips Candy House where many would ask for him by name.
Lou also contributed greatly to many local organizations and was respected by all in the Dorchester community. Lou still works with the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) to this day. He started the DAV golf tournament 15 years ago, helped get funding for the DAV5K run at Castle Island and has been a integral part of the annual WRKO/DAV Radiothon held on Veterans Day. In 2019, Mayor Walsh honored Lou for his service to our country and his many accomplishments in the Dorchester community by naming the entrance to Boston Bowl “Lou Pasquale Square”!
Lou began to feel an increasing desire to enlist in the service, despite the fact he was too young to serve and his parents did not approve.
Finally, at 17, Lou told his parents he wanted to enlist and they signed his papers. Lou served as a machine gunner in the Army and was sent to Okinawa. Near the end of WWII, Lou was seriously wounded in an explosion at an ammunition depot he was guarding.
This near death experience changed his life forever. Lou decided if he lived, he would help an individual every day for the rest of his life. Lou has certainly fulfilled his promise the past 75 years.
After nearly a year convalescing in various hospitals, Lou came home and started a very successful masonry business. He worked for several years on multiple homes in and around Quincy and his impeccable work still stands to this day.
In 1956, Lou was asked to work on a job in Dorchester by the Sammartino and Strazulla families who operated Phillips Candy House. He never left. That job, building Boston Bowl, was the start of a 65 year relationship in the Dorchester community as Lou worked right up until the pandemic in March 2020.
Everyone who visited Boston Bowl knew “Louie” as he was a fixture at the bowling desk for decades. He also repaired the lanes, fixed the pinball machines, worked the snack counter, broke up fights in the pool room and prevented many more in his role as a one man security team. Lou took a great interest in helping local kids by starting bowling leagues and providing jobs, keeping them off the streets and out of trouble. Many of those kids developed lifelong friendships with him.
Lou also worked as the longtime manager of the Phillips Old Colony House and Freeport Tavern where everyone knew his name. During the holidays, Lou would greet customers at Phillips Candy House where many would ask for him by name.
Lou also contributed greatly to many local organizations and was respected by all in the Dorchester community. Lou still works with the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) to this day. He started the DAV golf tournament 15 years ago, helped get funding for the DAV5K run at Castle Island and has been a integral part of the annual WRKO/DAV Radiothon held on Veterans Day. In 2019, Mayor Walsh honored Lou for his service to our country and his many accomplishments in the Dorchester community by naming the entrance to Boston Bowl “Lou Pasquale Square”!
Chief Marshals
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2019
John Schneiderman U.S Army 2018 Ed Kelly U.S. Air Force 2017 Charlie Cook U.S. Army 2016 Jack Cunningham U.S. Marine Corps 2015 Mary-dith E. Tuitt U.S. Navy 2014 Brendan Murphy U.S Army 2013 All Past Chief Marshals from 1963 - 2012 2012 Ralph Browne 2011 John Connors 2010 Joseph J. Zinck Dorchester Vietnam Memorial Park 2009 Dick Bennett 2008 Joe Chaisson 2007 Brian Fountaine Terrence "Shane" Burke Christopher Saunders POSTHUMOUSLY Daniel Londono Edgardo Zayas 2006 Craig Crowley 2005 Ed Pimental 2004 Mike Bonanno Shutt. Det. M.C.L. 2003 Stephen J. Allen Sr. William G. Walsh Post 369 A.L. 2002 Jim McCarron John P. McKeon Post 146 AMVETS 2001 Donald Brown Francis G. Kane Post 60 A.L. 2000 Karen L. MacNutt Old Dorchester Post 65 A.L. 1999 Joe Nolan James J. Rice Post 28 AMVETS 1998 George L. Hacunda Neponset Post V.F.W. 5834 1997 John R. Shanks Jr. William E. Carter Post 16 A.L. 1996 Warren Hoppie James J. Rice Post 28 AMVETS 1995 Charles R. Bigelow Neponset Post V.F.W. 5834 1994 Eugene McCarthy Francis G. Kane Post 60 A.L. 1993 John H. Harold AMVETS POST 211 1992 William H. Walsh A.N.U. Garrison 24 1991 Joseph J. Zinck Dorchester Vietnam Memorial Park 1990 Robert T. Reaney Neponset Post V.F.W. 5834 |
1989
Robert F. Sheehan Old Dorchester Post 65 A.L. 1988 Joseph S. Martin James J. Rice Post 28 AMVETS 1987 James Jakes A.N.U. Garrison 24 1986 Charles E. Chubbuck St. Mark's Post 1758 V.F.W. 1985 Warren E. Stewart Sr. William Carter Post 16 A.L. 1984 Walter V. Riley Vietnam Combat Veteran 1983 Shaun D. Beede Dorchester Post 211 AMVETS 1982 William H. Walsh Lower Mills Post 8699 V.F.W. 1981 Sam Sawtelle Old Dorchester Post 65 A.L. John Scannell William Walsh Post 369 A.L. 1980 Paul Travers James J. Rice Post 28 AMVETS 1979 Earnest Wilkins Gen. R.S. MacKenzie Garrison 24 A.N.U. 1978 Charles Tuttle St. Mark's Post 1758 V.F.W. 1977 Samuel Mullin Dorchester Chapter 13 D.A.V. 1976 Arthur Murphy Old Dorchester Post 65 A.L. 1975 Thomas Mulligan James J. Rice Post 28 AMVETS 1974 Edward Handwerk Lower Mills Post 8699 V.F.W. 1973 Joseph Keady Robert F. Ryan Post 7604 V.F.W. 1972 Luigi Milanese Dorchester Chapter 13 D.A.V. 1971 John Zeden Robert F. Ryan Post 7604 V.F.W. 1970 Richard Cicirega Robert F. Ryan Post 7604 V.F.W. 1969 Thomas Kelly James J. Rice Post 28 AMVETS 1968 Eugene McCarthy Francis G. Kane Post 60 A.L. 1967 John Comer Thomas J. Roberts Post 78 A.L. 1966 Lester Magoon Lower Mills Post 8699 V.F.W. 1965 William Green James J. Rice Post 28 AMVETS 1964 Daniel Broderick Old Dorchester Post 65 A.L. 1963 John Harold James J. Rice Post 28 AMVETS |
Essay Winners
2015
Richard Tran
Boston Latin School
Grade 8
Harnaljia Maya Fenelon
Mother Caroline Academy
Grade 7
2014
Aedan Harasymiw
Tremont School
Grade 7
Lilian Nguyen
Pope John Paul II Academy
Grade 6
2013
Richard Tran
Neighborhood House Charter
Grade 6
Jeannelle Hernandez
Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School
Grade 8
2012
No Essay Contest held
2011
Not Awarded
2010
Stefania D'Amato
St. Brendan School
Grade 6
Richard Tran
Boston Latin School
Grade 8
Harnaljia Maya Fenelon
Mother Caroline Academy
Grade 7
2014
Aedan Harasymiw
Tremont School
Grade 7
Lilian Nguyen
Pope John Paul II Academy
Grade 6
2013
Richard Tran
Neighborhood House Charter
Grade 6
Jeannelle Hernandez
Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School
Grade 8
2012
No Essay Contest held
2011
Not Awarded
2010
Stefania D'Amato
St. Brendan School
Grade 6