Speaking on the Cats at Night Show with John Catsimatides, Columbus Heritage Coalition President Angelo Vivolo underscored the need to honor the positive contributions of those native to the land who preceded Columbus.
If you think the upcoming Columbus holiday is safe, or that a statue in your community of the man who united two worlds with a rickety wooden caravel won't be carried away in the middle of the night, you're dreaming. Some legislators have proposed wiping away the holiday here in New York. Its sponsor in...
Is the City of Newark big enough for Washington, Columbus and Tubman, three great giants of history? We are about to find out. The New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office has sent back a plan to honor famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman, a plan that had removed a Columbus Memorial in the city’s historic Washington Park....
The Columbus Memorial, gifted by the Italian American community and installed in Washington Park in 1927, was removed in the dark of night by the City of Newark in 2021. In its place has been proposed a statue of 19th-century civil rights advocate Harriet Tubman, who shepherded hundreds of enslaved Americans to freedom via the...
Thank you all for being here tonight and supporting the great work of the SONS OF ITALY FOUNDATION. I want to congratulate my fellow honorees and say how humble I am to be included with them in tonight’s celebration. It is truly a great honor for me to be the recipient of the Sons of...