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Ciao from Rome, my dear friends readers of We the Italians. Spring has come, the contagion is slowing down, the vaccination campaign is accelerating and Italy, at least from this point of view, is actually going in the right direction. We even reopened to American tourists, and about that, We the Italians is preparing a beautiful surprise for all o...

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Il ministero dello Sviluppo Economico ha deciso l’emissione di un francobollo per ricordare Amadeo Peter Giannini, il ‘banchiere degli italiani’. Il 17 ottobre 1904 Giannini fondò la Bank of Italy, divenuta in seguito Bank of America, realtà che, grazie anche a prestigiose ‘alleanze’ finanziarie, nel 1945 si impone come la prima Banca nel mondo. Il...

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Sono sette le scenografie, tridimensionali e realistiche, realizzate da giovani quelle inaugurate il 24 marzo al videoporto di Cornigliano e dedicate a Amadeo Peter Giannini, banchiere filantropo di origini liguri che fondò prima la Bank of Italy e poi la Bank of America e al quale è stato recentemente intitolato un centro studi a Genova presieduto...

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In the Italian American community there are many examples of wonderful personalities who have made great contributions to every field of American society, culture, and economy. None excluded. One of the fields in which there are truly hundreds of examples of exceptionalism is entertainment.   That is why the work done by NOIAFT, National Organizati...

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2021 marks a milestone for Glorioso’s Italian Market, 1011 E. Brady St., which has officially been a Milwaukee  staple for 75 years. In celebration of their semi-sesquicentennial – and to thank the community for their years of support – the East Side grocer has planned a year-long series of events and promotions, which will kick off with a celebrat...

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Poste Italiane comunica che oggi 25 novembre 2020 viene emesso dal ministero dello Sviluppo Economico un francobollo commemorativo di Amedeo Peter Giannini relativo al valore della tariffa B zona 1 pari a 1,15€. Tiratura: seicentomila esemplari. Foglio da quarantacinque esemplari Il francobollo è stampato dall’Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Sta...

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A.P. Giannini, founder of Bank of America, was born on May 6, 1870 in San Jose. On May 6 2020, the San Francisco City Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution “recognizing A. P. Giannini on the occasion of his 150th birthday for his substantial contributions to San Francisco history, Italian American culture, and declaring May 6 as A. P. Giannini...

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No wonder owner Sauro Podesta keeps a beady eye on his Springer Spaniel and is poised to sprint whenever he hears frantic digging among the oaks. But, during our sunny morning walk in a northern Italian wood, he is never cross with his wayward hound who must have earned him thousands over the years by snuffling out the pungent treasures to supply h...

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Presso il Museo Italo Americano e’ stato presentato il trailer e una parte del documentario su Amedeo Giannini ( fondatore della Bank of America) “A little fellow”. Il regista Davide Fiore, la produttrice Sasha Smith insieme al Console Generale Lorenzo Ortona hanno raccontato l’incredibile vita di Giannini, figlio di emigrati italiani e nativo dell...

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A visit to San Francisco’s Consulate General of Italy typically begins with talk of not dinner but dessert — specifically, zabiaone. That’s because the friendly Labrador that belongs to Consul General Lorenzo Ortona and his wife, the journalist Sheila Pierce Ortona, is named for the dessert of the same deep golden color. They call her Zaba for shor...

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