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di Massimo Minella   Nascerà nel porto di Genova, la "Ellis Island" italiana, tempio laico che omaggia la storia della nostra emigrazione, ricordandoci ogni giorno quando eravamo noi a salire sulle barche e cercare rifugio dall'altra parte del mondo, fuggendo da miseria e disperazione.   Un passo avanti forse definitivo è stato comp...

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a complex structure that provides a huge amount of services in the name and on behalf of the Italian state and of the Italian citizens, either living in Italy and abroad. The Ministry is also called "Farnesina" from the name of the land where it was built, called Orti della Farnesina because it belonged to Pope Pa...

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It's a 1,737 mile drive from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in Keystone, South Dakota. If you're taking I-80 and I-90 westbound you can do the trip in 26 hours. There's no way to do the trip faster, just as to date, there hasn't been a way to bridge the gap that exists between the United States Department of the...

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Il CISEI - Centro Internazionale Studi Emigrazione Italiana - sta avviando una campagna di sensibilizzazione sul tema dell'emigrazione italiana. Anche attraverso una petizione.   È quanto spiega il presidente del Centro, Fabio Capocaccia: "è noto che scarseggiano i fondi pubblici per mantenere viva la memoria dell'emigrazione storica italian...

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From Italy to America combines an installation celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the Italian-American community in Greenwich, Connecticut, with a complementary exhibition of 26 black and white photographs from the show From Italy to America: The Photographs of Anthony Riccio, organized by the Bellarmine Museum of Art, and Fairfield Universi...

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The Italian American Museum is seeking to establish contact with immigrants who made the journey to America aboard the Giuseppe Verdi passenger ship from 1915 to 1928. Passengers who were on board the ship as young children would likely be in their late 80's and 90's today. Many settled in the greater New York City area, and may have remained here....

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by Elizabeth Vallone   All over the United States celebrations of Italian identity are being held every single month of the year. The immigrants of the Mezzogiorno of Italy are dispersed around America and they brought their customs and devotions to their patron saints with them at the turn of the 20th century.   A directory of these...

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by Ben Lariccia   The recently published "Italians of the Greater Mahoning Valley" made its appearance this holiday season under many local Christmas trees. The 127–page collection of historic photos and scholarly commentary sheds light on one of the most interesting communities of Italian heritage in the U.S.   Drawn to the Valley by...

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On Sunday, Aug. 4, 1901, the Boston Globe invited five prominent Italians and Italian Americans to respond to the question: "Is the Italian More Prone to Violent Crime than Any Other Race?" The question was not simply a product of anti-Italian stereotypes. As the table below notes, crime statistics of the time showed that while Italians committed...

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Chris Dorer, local resident and historian of Little Italy, was approached by the publishers of Arcadia Publishing to do a pictorial book on the community of Little Italy's early days, pre-1970. From the Arcadia website: "The Images of America series chronicles the history of small towns and downtowns across the country. Each title features mor...

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