Photos: New Year’s Day Polar Plunge remains a South Boston tradition
By RICK WINTERSON The Polar Plunge is one of Southie’s oldest traditions. It’s historic. South Boston Online believes the plunge has been recorded right back till the turn of the last century – around 1901 or 1902, the years of the Dorchester Heights monument and the first St. Patrick’s/Evacuation Day Parade. Others say its first year was 1904, making the Polar Plunge 112 years old. Whichever figure is more accurate, South Boston’s Polar Plunge is the oldest in the nation. (If any of you readers have different information, please let us know. Thank you.) Nowadays, the Polar Plunge takes place on the K Street side of the Curley Community Center. It is overseen and organized by the L Street Brownies, Center Director Freddy Ahern and [...]