Behalf of the Allied War Veterans, I like to present you with your acceptance, Mahoney said, handing Foster a thick, white envelope. going to be a great day. It a great thing you doing. and his friends and neighbors are not marching Sunday as part of a gay organization. They are marching as South Boston residents who have coalesced around building a park in a corner of the neighborhood known as the Lower End. Many of the people working on the float just happen to be gay. And they have been embraced by the Allied War Veterans Council, the parade longtime sponsor.