by Ted Booker

Childhood memories were rekindled this weekend for Italian-Americans who grew up in the Watertown neighborhood known as "the flats." Sunday evening from St. Anthony's Church, 850 Arsenal St., participants in the Procession of Mount Carmel marched on these familiar streets, where older residents remember watching the ceremony as youngsters.

The religious procession, bearing a statue of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus, is a cherished ritual in the Mount Carmel Feast, which was held for the 97th year at the church, where families also enjoyed carnival rides and Italian cuisine. The evening then was capped off by a blessing of the church's new rose window and fireworks.

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