From the archives: St. Bartholomew Italian Festival, 1990

Procession at the St. Bartholomew Labor Day Italian Festival in Scotch Plains in 1990. Started in 1974, the festival is an annual tradition honoring San Nicola di Bari, the patron saint of the town of Montazzoli, Italy.

(Photographer: Archdiocese of Newark Archives, Catholic Advocate Collection)

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