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Two Anniversaries One Heart: Happy birthday USA. Unsung Italian heroes of New York

Two Anniversaries One Heart: Buon compleanno USA. Unsung Italian heroes dello stato di New York

In 2026, We the Italians celebrates “Two Anniversaries, One Heart” – the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic. 

This podcast is part of the “Happy Birthday USA: Unsung Italian Heroes” project, in which we share how, in every corner of the United States, an Italian has made a positive impact on their local community.

This episode is about the Italian unsung heroes of New York.

From Piedmont to New York, the legacy of Luigi Palma di Cesnola

Frank Serpico, the Italian American officer who changed Brooklyn

Charles Paterno, the Napoleon of skyscraper builders

Harlem, civil rights, and Italian identity. The role of Vito Marcantonio

The Voice of Italian Americans. Jerre Mangione in Rochester

The builder of community. The legacy of Charles Gaetano in Utica

John Dabbene and his lasting impact on Staten Island

Teressa Bellissimo, Buffalo’s unsung culinary pioneer

Geraldine Ferraro, a key figure for Queens and New York

Cesidio Perruzza and the true story of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree

From Suffolk County, Long Island to the Civil War. The remarkable rise of Francis B. Spinola

Carlo Barsotti and the making of Italian American identity in New York

Pietro Cinelli, the founder of Little Italy in the Bronx

Dominic Altieri, carving out a monumental role in a new world

Paul A. Vallone, an unsung hero of Queens’ Italian American community

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