L Street Brownies Polar Plunge

Name: L Street Brownies Polar Plunge
Start: 2027-01-01
End: 2027-01-01
Location: M Street Beach

Boston, MA · Quirky

When: January 1, 2027
Where: M Street Beach · Boston · MA
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

Members of the L Street Brownies, the country's oldest polar bear club founded in 1902, march from the L Street Tavern to M Street Beach every New Year's Day for a freezing ocean swim. Costumes range from bathing suits to Santa suits. The tradition has continued in South Boston for more than a century.

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