Different Elizabethans used Warinanco Park in different ways. Here is a 1946 family portrait of recent Portuguese arrivals, resting on the Henry S Chatfield bench. Their family used the park often, especially for Fourth of July fireworks and other celebrations. From left to right: unknown, Manuel Medeiros Sr, Joe Baptista, unknown, Emilia Baptista, Joseph Baptista Sr., Robert Baptista, Olga Botelho, Viola Baptista, Eufronsina Medeiros, Esther Botelho, unknown. Permission courtesy of Robert Baptista.

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