by Mario Angotta

Michele Napoletano, the Brooklyn-born mayor of Airola in the Province of Benevento, last week inaugurated a statue of St. George the Martyr, patron of his town, which was funded by Italian-Americans living in New York.

The mayor says that the outpouring of camaraderie and Italian pride from Italian-Americans who haven't forgotten their roots has lifted the spirits of a town that has suffered since their church was destroyed during an earthquake in 1980.

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Source: http://iajournal.com/