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On Sunday, Woodland Park and the Roma Club gathered for the annual raising of the Italian flag to commemorate Columbus Day, marking the event’s ninth year. The event celebrated not only Christopher Columbus but also the rich heritage and contributions of Italian Americans. The flag-raising was a moment of pride for the community, with attendees ref...

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Today we remember the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who in October 1492 landed in the Bahamas and became the first Western European to discover what the Europeans would call the New World. When Columbus and his crew of approximately 200 sailors left Spain in three crowded ships – the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria – they set their sa...

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News sites around the world decided to celebrate Columbus Day by giving wide visibility and sensationalism to the release of a Spanish documentary, which, in order to make great publicity and hope to bring lots of people to see it, launched the news that scientific studies show that Christopher Columbus was a Spanish Jew, and not a Christian from G...

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Paul Anka has discovered a new way to honor Christopher Columbus. The legendary singer/songwriter has penned an updated version of his classic Frank Sinatra hit “My Way” with lyrics that strike back at those who want to erase the memory of the famed explorer. “For fun, food, friends, there’s never a lack // you’re going to get those statues back,”...

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As is tradition, Genoa celebrates Christopher Columbus Day on October 12 with a series of initiatives culminating in the traditional Columbus Ceremony. Genoa and Columbus Day begins in the morning with three children's workshops; at 9:30 a.m. with the 50th “Columbus” International Communications Conference - “Submarine Cables and New Global Connect...

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Beginning on December 8th 1941, over 600,000 Italian-Americans were branded “enemy aliens” and were firmly under the surveillance of the US intelligence community. Out of that number, tens of thousands were experiencing a very broad range of civil rights violations and massive economic losses, and a few thousand were being held in internment camps...

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