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Foresta Gump wrote:

I disagree that St. Peter's Fiesta should be moved to Stage Fort Park solely for the reason that it all started at the Fort, where the people who brought the tradition with them from Sicily lived. They came to a new country to go fishing for their living, learned how to speak English, most became naturalized citizens and worked hard for a better life. They continued the tradition in their new country of having an annual festival to pray to St. Peter for the safe return of their fishing fleet Mostly then it was the Novena and the procession, along with eating a lot at each other's homes. They did it all in the confines of the Fort where they lived and to even think about moving the Fiesta to another place is unthinkable IMO. It's tradition.

Unfortunately the Fiesta has gotten to be well known throughout the State and even the country and people come from all over to attend. With that comes some people who do not have respect for what Fiesta is supposed to be all about. They see it as one big block party with a good excuse to get drunk. It's very hard for me to believe that is the Gloucester born children and grandchildren who were raised in this town that would bring a knife to the Fiesta and want to start fights or hurt people. The real locals would not do something like that. (I know, I sound naive) but I really believe that those who love and respect Gloucester wouldn't behave that way during Fiesta. This type of behavior is brought in with those who come here from cities/towns where it is the norm.

Well, moving the Fiesta to Stage Fort Park would be to get it away from the drinking astablishments. Stage Fort Park where fishing started in Gloucester is only a result. Reading today's GD Times,in the police notes there were 26 arrests.....20 of them local residents! So to say it's the outsiders that do most of the harm,according to the police....it doesn't hold true.