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WE THE ITALIANS YEARBOOK 2019

Welcome to the 2019 book of We the Italians!

We the Italians is a network where everybody can share, promote, be informed and keep in touch with anything regarding Italy happening in the US. Our target is not only made by the Italian Americans, but by every American who like Italian people, food, art, culture, fashion, language, music, cinema, sport, business, creativity. We believe that the union between Italy and the US is really the perfect storm, and that is the reason why our name is an Italian tribute to the first three words of the American constitution. Our network is composed by a website, a magazine, a newsletter, an archive of Italian websites in the US and five books: all of them about Italy and/in the United States.
In 2019 we interviewed 25 people, friends of We the Italians who gave us 24 different views about 24 different topics of the relation between Italy and the US. These are the topics you will find in this yearbook: Little Italies around the US; Italy in St. Louis, Italian opera and the Italian American integration; Italy in Ohio; How the US helped Italy after World War II; Italian American Women, Food, and Identity; Dick Biondi, "The Wild I-tralian"; How to get an Italian passport; The new Italian emigration to the US; Dallara, the undisputed king of Indianapolis 500; The incredible story of Amadeo P. Giannini; the great Federico Faggin; the USA in Florence; the story of Rocco Petrone and the moon; a new approach on the Italian American cuisine; the 100th anniversary of the St. Anthony’s Feast in Boston; a century of Garibaldi Meucci Museum; the story of the "Fish Creek massacre" in Nevada; the heritage of the Turnesas, seven brothers all professional golfers; Christopher Columbus’ quest for Jerusalem; the musicians from Catania chosen for the first American Navy musical band; the future of Italian food exports to America; the Italian American Baseball Foundation; ancient Rome as a constant inspiration for the USA.
Among our guests we've had 15 men and 10 women: we had 23 single interviews and a double one. 7 of our guests live in Italy, 18 in the US. All of them share the love for both Italy and the US. So you will find 24 interviews, each of them in two versions, in Italian and in English.
We want to thank all the interviewees that made this possible. Also, we want to thank our readers and followers on the social media we are on. And last but not least, we want to thank all the people that work hard to build and grow this network.
We want to share with you a few numbers regarding our 2019, besides the interviews. During 2019 we've promoted on our website 7,686 news (2,001 of them about Italy, the other ones about something Italian in the US); published 172 articles in the 12 issues of our Magazine; published one yearbook (about the 2018 interviews) both paperback and digital. Our archive of websites regarding non-profit organizations, groups, departments, festivals, museums, associations and foundations celebrating something Italian in the US contains 1,494 records. During 2019 we've sent 1.157.831 newsletters: with 12 months, 9 areas and several of you who subscribed to more than one, this is the final number. We've passed the 43,000 likes on our Facebook page: please, like us if you haven't already done, here. We have a Linkedin group with 1,030 members (we're waiting for you, here, come join us). We're also on Twitter (950 followers), Instagram (1,015 followers) and YouTube, and we're planning on improving our presence on all of these social media. During 2019 we’ve also organized and/or spoken at thirteen events in Italy and in the US, everything documented in the Events section of our website. It has been a great year, but once again, we're just getting started.
So stay tuned, fasten your seat belt and enjoy the ride. The future’s so bright, we gotta wear shades!

Benvenuti nell’almanacco del 2018 di We the Italians!

We the Italians è un network dove tutti possono condividere, promuovere, essere informati e tenersi in contatto con tutto ciò che accade in Italia negli Stati Uniti. Il nostro target non è fatto solo dagli italoamericani, ma da tutti gli americani che amano l’Italia, il cibo, l'arte, la cultura, la moda, la lingua, la musica, il cinema, lo sport, la creatività del nostro Paese. Crediamo che l'unione tra Italia e Stati Uniti sia davvero il perfetto connubio, ed è per questo che il nostro nome è un omaggio italiano alle prime tre parole della costituzione americana. Il nostro network è composto da un sito web, una rivista, una newsletter, un archivio di siti web italiani negli Stati Uniti e cinque libri: tutti sull'Italia negli Stati Uniti.
Nel 2019 abbiamo intervistato 25 persone, amici di We the Italians che ci hanno dato 24 punti di vista diversi su 24 temi diversi del rapporto tra Italia e Stati Uniti. Questi sono gli argomenti che troverete in questo annuario: le Little Italies negli Stati Uniti; l’Italia a St. Louis; l’opera italiana e il suo impatto nell'integrazione italoamericana; l’Italia in Ohio; come gli Stati Uniti aiutarono l’Italia alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale; le donne italoamericane e il cibo come identità italiana; il dj radiofonico Dick Biondi, "The Wild I-tralian"; come ottenere un passaporto italiano; la nuova emigrazione italiana negli Stati Uniti; Dallara, il re indiscusso della 500 miglia di Indianapolis; l’incredibile storia di Amadeo P. Giannini; il grande Federico Faggin; gli Stati Uniti a Firenze; la storia di Rocco Petrone e la luna; un nuovo approccio alla cucina italoamericana; il centenario della festa di Sant’Antonio a Boston; un secolo di Garibaldi Meucci Museum; la storia del "massacro di Fish Creek" in Nevada; l'eredità dei “Turnesas”, sette fratelli golfisti professionisti; la ricerca di Gerusalemme da parte di Cristoforo Colombo; i musicisti catanesi scelti per la prima banda musicale della Marina militare americana; il futuro delle esportazioni alimentari italiane in America; la Italian American Baseball Foundation; l'antica Roma come costante ispirazione per gli Stati Uniti.
Tra i nostri ospiti abbiamo avuto 15 uomini e 10 donne, in 23 interviste singole e una doppia. 7 dei nostri ospiti vivono in Italia, 18 negli Stati Uniti. Tutti