Holidays

The Herald reminds us the Roslindale intersection was renamed George J. Gottwald Jr. Square in honor of a local man who died in Vietnam.

Good Morning Gloucester shows us the 33,000 flags planted on Boston Common this weekend in honor of service members killed in recent wars.

Arturo Gossage captured South Station in its Mother's Day finest.

Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Greg Cook photographed the annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace down Dorchester Avenue.

The event benefits the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, which provides support to survivors of homicide victims as well being involved in education and policy advocacy efforts.

Charlies Rosenberg also took photos of the large march:

I was photographing the scene at Heartbreak Hill for Running Times and later moved downtown. I photographed runners a half mile from the finish line for the last 25 minutes before the explosions went off. I decided to put them into a video as a tribute to all of them. (Pretty good song, too). If you know anyone who was at or close to the finish line at 2:50 share it with them.

Paul Revere hoofed it out of the North End this morning to warn the colonists the Redcoats were coming.

Afterwards, Minutemen stood at attention in front of the Paul Revere statue and Old North Church as Taps were played and a wreath laid at a memorial for fallen patriots on the Prado.

The Patriots Day parade in Arlington was fun, but it didn't really have a lot of Minutemen - way more Shriners, in fact (and a troop of Civil War re-enactors, um, what?).

Just in time for Patriots Day, the BPL has posted Marathon photos by Leslie Jones, including the immortal Johnny Kelley finishing the race second in 1940 and on the way to his first-place finish in 1945 (on far right; in Natick Center, ye ed thinks):

Jeremy Marin reports his front door is ready for Passover:

The yam's blood will be a sign on your houses, and I will pass over you.

Finnegan's Wake with puppets at Hogan's Run in Brighton.

An impatient citizen couldn't even wait for the end of the St. Patrick's Day parade to complain about horse droppings. The city has, however, marked the complaint "resolved."

The day started with loud, happy crowds; as Connie Chan shows, it ended with a man alone with his dreams, on the floor of a hurtling Orange Line car.

As of 6:45 p.m. yesterday, Boston Police say, officers had issued 336 citations for drinking in public along the St. Patrick's Day parade route - and made 26 arrests, mainly for disorderly conduct.

Arturo Gossage took lots of photos at the St. Patrick's Day parade today, including this fancy ride.

Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Mayor advises residents: Don't be a knucklehead - and if you have a house along the parade route, watch those guests near the deck railings.

Roving UHub photographer Noah Sachs stopped in at Whiskey Priest today and captured this Irish Viking having a Guinness.

Turlach MacDonagh wonders: Why were happy green people carrying a big log down Beacon Street in Brookline this morning?

UPDATE: Looks like it's this thing where people undergo a simulated special-forces training run. H/t Matt D.

Copyright Turlach MacDonagh. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.

H Boston photographs the latest opus at Sav-Mor Liquors in Medford.

Copyright H Boston. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Arturo Gossage took in the Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown today.

Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Who says Germans don't have a sense of humor?

Sgalla watched a kid waiting for a school bus on Kneeland Street this morning makes some snowy Valentine's Day hearts.

At the Dedham Stop & Shop, Passover faces off against Valentine's Day.

Tom Hynes photographed routes 18 and 3 in Weymouth this morning.

Apparently, some group in Chicago thinks the Irish parliament has nothing better to do than consider a petition to make it the Official Headquarters for St. Patrick's Day.

Salem holds its annual Christmas-tree bonfire this Friday at Dead Horse Beach - residents can show up with a tree and watch it go up in flames.

Compare this screen grab from WHDH's report on the annual L Street plunge with this photo of the same swimmer.