Si è svolta lunedì scorso all’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington la cerimonia di consegna di due onorificenze all’Ordine della Stella d’Italia. A ricevere il prestigioso riconoscimento, conferito dal Presidente della Repubblica, sono stati Flavia Colombo, nel grado di Cavaliere, e Lucio D’Andrea, quale Ufficiale dell’Ordine, in virtù dell’attività a...
READ MORESunday September 23 from 1PM to 4 PM EDT. Carmine's Italian Restaurant - 425 7th St NW, Washington DC 20004. Organized by The Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society of the Washington D.C. Area. Buy tickets at www.abruzzomoliseheritagesociety.org. Please join us for a presentation by AMHS member Maria D’Andrea-Yothers on the transumanza and traturri, a...
READ MORESaturday September 8, from 18:30 to 21:30 EDT - Casa Italiana Sociocultural Center - 595 Third St NW, Washington 20001. The Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society of the Washington D.C. Area Cordially invite members, friends of the Italian American community, and parishioners of Holy Rosary Church to the musical performance: DAL SALOTTO AL TEATRO. Dir...
READ MORELocated in the Washington, D.C. DMV area? Don’t miss out on an incredible Festa della Repubblica celebration on Saturday, June 9th at 6 p.m. at the Church of the Nativity in Burke, Va.! The event is organized by the Church of the Nativity Italian Heritage & Cultural Society and St. Mary of Sorrows Italian Heritage Society, in association with The A...
READ MOREA distanza di 110 anni dal disastro minerario di Mononongah le vittime della piu’ grande tragedia dell’emigrazione italiana sono state ricordate anche a Washington grazie all’impegno di Padre Ezio Marchetto, dell’associazione Abruzzo Molise ‘Heritage Society", presieduta da Maria D’Andrea e dell’Ambasciata Italiana di Washington, rappresentata dal...
READ MORECelestino Ambrosini nacque a Chieti nel febbraio 1858 (un’altra fonte colloca la sua data di nascita nel 1855). Nella sua città fece la trafila in una storica “barberia”. Successivamente, chiamato a servire l’Esercito, svolse anche in divisa il ruolo di barbiere. A 27 anni decise di emigrare per gli Stati Uniti. Giunse ad “Ellis Island” nel 1885. S...
READ MORESunday, August 16, 2015; 12:30pm to 5:00pmVilla Rosa Home, 3800 Lottsford Vista Road, Mitchellville, MD The Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society's (AMHS) invites the Italian-American community to its annual Ferragosto (a two-thousand-year old tradition) picnic on the grounds of the Villa Rosa Nursing Home in Mitchellville, MD. A few highli...
READ MOREHOLY ROSARY CHURCH/CASA ITALIANA, in association with The Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society of the Washington, DC Area, The Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC, and The Lucchesi nel Mondo-Tuscany Club are sponsoring a program on the Italian legacy in the development and growth of the United States Marine Band by Marine Historian, Gunnery Sergeant K...
READ MOREThe Abruzzo Molise Heritage Society (AMHS) is pleased to announce our next general Society meeting program for Sunday, September 27, 2015, in Casa Italiana (595 ½ 3rd Street NW, Washington DC) at 1:00 pm. We will watch an amazing film entitled "Cuore Napoletano." If you have ever wondered about the origins of the famous Neapolitan songs, this...
READ MOREThe Abruzzo Molise Heritage Society (AMHS) is pleased to announce our next general Society meeting program for Sunday, January 31, 2016, in Casa Italiana (595 ½ 3rd Street NW, Washington DC) at 1:00 pm. Please join AMHS for lunch and a presentation by geologist, Barry Centini, Ph.D., who will talk about the many ways that the geology of It...
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