Musician, Academic, Entrepreneurial Expert: The Multi-faceted Career of Rudolph Phillip Lamone
Rudolph Phillip Lamone was born on December 20, 1931, in Wellsburg (population 6,398 in the 1930 Census), a town on the east bank of the Ohio River in the panhandle of West Virginia. His parents, Domenico Lamone and Maria Branchi Lamone, had emigrated from the Abruzzi region of Italy. Like many Italian-American boys growing up in hardscrabble area...
Great-great-grandfather started his new life as a 12-year-old stowaway on a ship out of Italy
My name is Katherine Perry, Kate for short, and I am a senior at Cape Henlopen High School. I am a fifth-generation Italian American on my mom’s side (the Perry side), and on my dad’s side (though the generation may not be the same). I have never thought about this concept much before nor took an interest in it till recently. I never knew that I ha...
The Italian Cultural Center officially opens in Delaware County
On Saturday, the doors will open to the Delaware Valley region's first Italian museum. It was a long road to this moment, and the curated collection is a historical celebration of the area's Italian roots. "Our goal is to showcase the greatness and the ingenuity of the Italians and what they've brought to America," says historian Michael DiPilla. T...
Scotch Plains Mourns The Loss of Fire Captain Carmen Grausso
The Scotch Plains Fire Department and the community at large mourn the loss of Fire Captain Carmen Grausso, who served the local community for more than four decades. Born in Plainfield, Carmen Grausso was a lifelong resident of Scotch Plains and a 1968 graduate of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. He was an active member of the Scotch Plains volu...
Bill Ronayne’s books, lectures and museum dedicated to the Lanza legacy
Bill Ronayne was just 7 when he became a fan of Mario Lanza, the tenor who was born in South Philadelphia in 1921 and made the cover of Time in 1951, when he starred in “The Great Caruso.” That fandom continues – even more so – today, with Ronayne semiretired and devoted to Lanza as president of the Mario Lanza Institute and Museum in Philadelphia,...
Italian stonemasons left mark on Bramwell
Guiglielmin Peraldo immigrated to America to earn money for his family back home in Piedicavallo, Italy. He was one of several stonemasons in his hometown in Piedmont, on the Swiss border. Unfortunately, he lost his life July 27, 1892, in a fall from a high stone column while working on a railroad trestle at Gauley Bridge, W.Va. Peraldo’s death lef...
Rehoboth nears installation of Italian terracotta fountain
Years in the making, a terracotta fountain from Italian artist Enzo Zago is expected to be installed in Rehoboth Beach’s Garden of the Navigators shortly after the new year. The city made the announcement on its Facebook page Dec. 21. Sposato recently poured the concrete pad, and the fountain is scheduled to be placed and plantings installed by ear...
Union Celebrates Italian Heritage
DC 37 members and activists joined union leaders to celebrate the history and heritage of Italian-Americans and rejoice in being together in the first Italian Heritage Committee-sponsored public event since the pandemic. The 25th Annual Italian Heritage Month Celebration was an opportunity for members and guests to come together for fun and fellows...
Rhode Island Region Of The National Organization Of Italian American Women (Noiaw) Announce 2024 Wise Women
The Rhode Island Region of the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) will hold its annual signature event, Epiphany Celebration, Honoring Three Wise Women, a lively luncheon and awards ceremony, on Saturday, 20 January 2024, at 11:30 am at Cafe’ Nuovo in Providence.Three Wise Women, Rhode Island Entrepreneurs, will be honored for...
Board OKs Church Removal, 6 Homes In Asbury Park
Demolition of Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church in Asbury Park may take place soon as the legal battle over the fate of the landmark church comes to an end. The city Planning Bard voted this week to approve the plan to remove the church and build six new single family homes on the site at Second Avenue and Bond Street. The Planning Board had reject...
Italian American Photographer Unveils His 1950s-Era Perspective of Pittsburgh
Michael Rosella, a member of the St. Jude Lodge of the ISDA, published a monograph of his photographic works entitled Pittsburgh Streets 1950s. The book was released in November with a book signing event at the Heinz History Center, which is part of the Smithsonian. The center’s Italian American Program sponsored the event as an evening in conversa...
ICYMI: How the Chief Stone Carver of Mount Rushmore Finally Got a Plaque in His Honor
Nothing could have been more enjoyable and inspiring than spending a recent Sunday evening listening to the multi-talented and engaging singer, actor, and storyteller Lou Del Bianco discuss his book "Out of Rushmore's Shadow" – a fascinating story about his grandfather Luigi Del Bianco's legacy and immigrant struggle. The book traces Luigi's life a...
