Following the 1947 parade, Boston Mayor James Michael Curley granted authority to organize and conduct the St. Patrick’s Day-Evacuation Day Parade to the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council (SBAWVC), an unincorporated association of individuals elected from various South Boston veterans groups. And with that, since 1948 the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day / Evacuation Day Parade has been veteran-led. The SBAWVC is an organization whose members derive from veterans posts in South Boston, to include Thomas J. Fitzgerald VFW Post #56, Michael J. Perkins American Legion Post #67, Martin F. McDonough American Legion Post #67, and Paul J. Saunders American Legion Post #383. The SBAWVC leadership consists of volunteers that are devoted to putting on the best possible parade for the community.