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Ciao from Rome, my dear friends readers of We the Italians. Spring has come, the contagion is slowing down, the vaccination campaign is accelerating and Italy, at least from this point of view, is actually going in the right direction. We even reopened to American tourists, and about that, We the Italians is preparing a beautiful surprise for all o...

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Randolph school officials are facing backlash from parents after their decision to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day. Last week, the Randolph Board of Education passed a resolution to make the change, a move parents said is "unacceptable" and was done without community input.  "The way in which the BOE passed the resolution was unac...

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Columbus Day may sail into the sunset of the Jersey City public schools district. Board Of Education President Mussab Ali told The Jersey Journal Thursday that the board may consider changing the now controversial holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the schools and on the school calendar.  Columbus Day, a national holiday and a symbol for Italian...

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The geographic origin of Christopher Columbus has been a long held debate – some are sure the explorer was born in Italy, while others suggest Spain or even Poland.  A break in the case came in 2003 when DNA results showed bones buried in the cathedral of Seville were those of Columbus who died in 1506. Now, a team of international scientists are s...

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Raising concerns about both the process and potential controversy, Mayor Rick Becksted ruled Monday that a City Council vote on permanently recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day in place of Columbus Day would have to wait three weeks. Passionate high school advocates turned out to support the item, which they first brought to the council’s attention l...

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For public school students in Randolph, the October holiday formerly known as Columbus Day now appears as Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the school calendar. The Randolph school board has voted 8-0 to rename the holiday, mirroring a shift formalized in recent years by at least seven states and two New Jersey municipalities amid an ongoing, national rea...

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Cristoforo Colombo non è stato soltanto un grande esploratore egli rappresenta un personaggio ancora contemporaneo in grado di essere di esempio per i nuovi naviganti del futuro, quelli che vogliono innovare, accrescere la propria conoscenza, visionari che immaginano e si impegnano a rendere migliore il mondo in cui viviamo, abbattendo ogni sorta d...

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An Italian American group filed a petition in court Sunday to thwart the city of Syracuse’s planned removal of its Christopher Columbus statue, claiming the move is illegal under local law. The petition — filed in Onondaga state Supreme Court by 29 petitioners including the Syracuse-based Columbus Monument Corporation, former Onondaga County Execut...

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Il prossimo 22 maggio, alle ore 16 (ora italiana) in diretta streaming, a 515 anni della morte, avrà luogo il nuovo viaggio di Cristoforo Colombo verso il mondo. Si chiama COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AWARD e prende forma da un’idea concreta del Dott. Massimiliano Ferrara, Fondatore e Presidente di Fondazione ITALY e ideatore del portale DOVE – Dove Vivo...

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Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has appointed two new committees to guide the relocation and preservation of the Christopher Columbus statue in Syracuse. In October, Walsh announced that the statue would be removed from its current place in downtown Syracuse. Recommendations and design concepts from the committees are expected early next year. The Heritag...

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