Council Member Joann Ariola(D-32) introduced legislation to officially designate March 14th as Innocent 11 Remembrance Day during the October 10th City Council Meeting. The remembrance day, designated for the City of New York, would commemorate 11 Italian men killed during a mass lynching in New Orleans in 1891.  

The resolution will go to the Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, and if passed, it will go back to the Council floor for a final vote. Ariola’s proposed legislation came days before Columbus Day, which falls on October 14th and is designated as a day to highlight the many contributions Italians have made throughout American History.