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Please join us this Sunday, September 29, at 1:00pm at St. Leonard Church, 320 Hannover St. Boston, MA, for the dedication of "The Noble Journey" sculpture. This sculpture honors not just our Italian immigrant ancestors, but all immigrants, who have come to Boston and The North End to make their new lives in America. For more info on the sculpture...

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The bus to Pisa from Piandelagotti negotiated the tight turns down the mountainside. With every passing kilometer my parents knew there was no turning back. They stayed to themselves. My mother kept crying while my father was stoic, and my sister and I remained silent. Pisa would be the first stop. There, we would change buses to continue on the fi...

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Writer-Director Lucia Mauro’s new one-hour documentary, titled The Loneliest Road, is now available to rent on Vimeo. Inspired by Calabrian author Silvio Manno’s 2016 book, Charcoal and Blood, it honors the five Italian-immigrant charcoal burners shot dead by a sheriff’s posse while striking for better wages in the mining boom town of Eureka, Nevad...

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At the turn of the 20th century, Italian immigration to America was starting to peak. After Italy united with Rome as its capital in 1871, economic, political and societal changes caused upheaval throughout the peninsula and masses of Italian citizens traveled west, each seeking an opportunity for a better life. In 1903, Carlo Ponzi was a passenger...

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May 2024 From the city of brotherly love to the love for the Italian brothers and sisters

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January 2024 Let's find out about the Italians in the Pacific Northwest

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The story of why in 1892 America began to celebrate Co­lum­bus Day, which subsequently led to the cre­ation of more than 100 Columbus statues through­out our coun­try, is a tragic ex­am­ple of the mis­treat­ment of im­mi­grants that needs to be told. When Italians came to America Between 1880 and 1920, some four million Italian immigrants left impo...

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In 1890, a Select Committee of Congressmen decided to replace Castle Garden, an immigration depot run by the State of New York, with a federally managed facility. Liberty Island, with its beloved Statue, seemed the perfect place for it. Why, then, was the depot put on Ellis Island instead? In the 1880s, Italian immigration to the US grew rapidly, a...

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The Italian Americans of Los Angeles: A History. This vibrant narrative chronicles the Italian Americans of Los Angeles, a group that, although integral to every facet of the Southern California megalopolis for two centuries, have largely been overlooked in both local and Italian American histories. Purchase here. Based on meticulous research, this...

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The stories of our Italian ancestors are all different, and all alike, all equally fascinating. The Italian Cultural Institute of New York presents L’America di Irene – Storia di una friulana di frontiera (Chiandetti Editore) by author Paola Trappo, a book about the incredible life of her aunt Irene, emigrated from her Northern Friuli to America. ...

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