New Bedford held its 47th annual Cape Verdean Recognition Parade on Saturday, 7/6. The procession and fair at the end celebrate Cape Verdean heritage and more than 150 years in the region. Parade Marshal Gail Fortes led the parade from Buttonwood park to the Cape Verdean Veterans’ Memorial on Purchase Street, downtown.
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- (L-R) Alix Gomes and KyLee Antunes lean into it while they march with the New Bedford Whalers Marching Band in this year’s Cape Verdean Recognition Parade in downtown New Bedford on 7/6/19. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- A parade participant is clearly channeling Lewis Temple during the Cape Verdean Recognition Parade in downtown New Bedford on 7/6/19. In 1848 Lewis Temple invented the toggle harpoon, called Temple’s Toggle or Temple’s Iron, which revolutionized whale hunting. A monument to him stands in front of the New Bedford Library on Pleasant Street. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Rhonda Perry of New Bedford proudly wears her Proud to be Cape Verdean shirt at this year’s Cape Verdean Recognition Parade in downtown New Bedford on 7/6/19. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- (L-R) Gregory Monteiro and Layna Ross carry the banner to lead the Cape Verdean Recognition Parade down Union Street in New Bedford on 7/6/19. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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