“The great doctrine,“ All men are created equal,” written in the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson (one of the “Founding Fathers” and third President of the United States, ed.), was paraphrased in the writings of Philip Mazzei, an Italian patriot and close friend of Jefferson”.

These are the words written in the book on American immigration, “A Nation of Immigrants”, in 1958, by John F. Kennedy, the future American President, when he was still a senator from Massachusetts. This quotation reminds us that history has linked the Kennedy and Mazzei families, and through the deeds of their illustrious ancestors, the USA and Italy as well.