The guard is changing at the organization that runs South Boston's annual St. Patrick's Day parade. The South Boston Allied War Veteran's Council wants to make controversy history by bringing the parade into the 21st century.
Come September, Dave Falvey, 34, an Army National Guardsman and a Defense Department employee, becomes commander of the Allied War Vets Council.
There's been controversy for years over allowing LGBTQ veterans groups to march in the parade, but Falvey says the new leadership will be open to groups like OutVets.
"Yeah, I'm very confident that that's something that kinda was maybe a thing in the past, but it's not going to be a thing in the future," Falvey told WGBH News.
Falvey wants the War Council to ramp up it's charitable activities and do more than just put on the 116 year old parade.
