On November 11, 1620, after 66 days at sea, in a space no larger than a volleyball court, 102 passengers aboard the Mayflower finally reached America. They put ashore at Cape Cod.
Winter was approaching. Inclement weather and lack of boats made it difficult to unload th...
Philip Marazita of Lansing, Michigan, passed away peacefully on October 9, 2018 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina surrounded by family. Philip was born June 10, 1931 in Niles, Michigan, the ninth child and seventh son of Fr...
St. Patrick may get all the attention with the famous parades and green beer, but for some Italian Americans (including me) it means only two more days until St. Joseph's Day. Growing up in an Italian American family, St. Joseph's Day was always one of my favorite holi...
Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, is a nationally recognized holiday.
But it’s not recognized in Los Angeles, where I live. The City Council recently voted to get rid of Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, commemorating “indigenous, abori...
This is not to say that I do not feel some kind of kinship with my native country, Italy. I do. But, since dreaming of coming to America as a little boy and eventually coming to this country and becoming an American citizen, I can truly say that my allegiance is to Am...
