Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 6:30 – 8 p.m. - 6th floor Detre Library & Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA. Free to the public. Register here.
Join the Italian American Program for a discussion on the new book, “IL VIAGGIO: The Italian Immigration Journey to the United States.” Author Victoria V. Sirianni will be joined in conversation by Melissa E. Marinaro, director of the History Center’s Italian American Program, to discuss the story of Italian immigration - its struggles, successes, and everything in between.
While the book is the story of Italian immigrants, it is also the story of millions of others who contributed to a great immigrant nation. It is a true story of “e pluribus unum.”
“IL VIAGGIO” expands and uncovers important stories and events that have often been overlooked or ignored. Most of the stories are short and are about everyday people. This book emerged from Sirianni’s passion to capture the stories that speak to a heritage that becomes more distant with each succeeding generation of Italian Americans. The book is heavily footnoted to encourage others to trace their own family’s experience, to actively preserve and share with their children or grandchildren. It is an act of preservation as well as a personal endeavor, a duty we owe to our ancestors and future generations.
Copies of IL VIAGGIO will be available for purchase at the program and the author will be available to sign books after the presentation.
This program is part of the History Center’s year-long commemoration of the U.S. Semiquincentennial, marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, in partnership with America250PA.
