SFIAC hosts its 94th Annual Statuto Race in North Beach

Jun 04, 2014 1411

By: Francesco Romano

For the 94th time, the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club (SFIAC) hosted the Statuto Race in North Beach. The Statuto Race commemorates the Statuto Albertino, the Italian "constitution" that laid the ground work for the unification of Italy in the nineteenth century.

Each year since 1920, the race has been run in North Beach, with only a one-year gap that was necessitated by World War II. Today, the Statuto Race is America's fourth oldest foot race.

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Source: http://lascintillaitaliana.com

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