Religious festival in Cleveland's Little Italy   Save
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Description: Caption reads: "Religious Festival in Little Italy, Cleveland." A crowd is seen gathered before the Church of the Holy Rosary, a Roman Catholic church at Mayfield Road and Coltman Avenue in Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood, for the Feast of the Assumption procession. This procession occurs each year on August 15th, following a mass celebrating the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A Virgin Mary statue is carried in the procession and one dollar bills are pinned to her robe by the faithful. The Feast of the Assumption celebration takes place in mid-August and is one of Cleveland's longest-running festivals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F08_001_001
Subjects: Roman Catholic Church; Processions; Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio); Religious festivals
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)