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Hoboken’s Italian-American Businesses Rise to the Occasion to Serve Their Community
By: Emma Seiwell Hoboken, New Jersey nicknamed the Mile Square City is most well-known as the birthplace of Frank Sinatra and the birthplace of America’s pastime: baseball. Historically, Hoboken was home to a large Italian immigrant population and its Italian...
A Look Back At A Monumental Columbus Day
October is Italian Heritage Month; you may or may not be aware of this depending on which media sources you follow. This year, preceding Columbus Day, there was a controversy which wound up spilling into New York's Columbus Day parade and ignited an unprecedented...
A Walk Around Bensonhurst: Part 3
By: Raymond Guarini, Italian Enclaves Historical Society As the days and months go by, Bensonhurst's landscape changes rapidly. Businesses close frequently and homes are put up for sale. With the exodus from Bensonhurst accelerating due to the pandemic, I decided to...
Spaghetti & Crabs
By: Michele Di Pietro, Italian Enclaves Historical Society For the last couple of years, I've been getting together w/my sister & cousins for our big annual SPAGHETTI & CRABS feast on or right around July 4th. This year, with all the craziness, we are,...
If we do not remove them, someone else will do it for us: Why Italian Americans need to be leaders in removing Columbus monuments
The Italian Enclaves Historical Society welcomes guest blog posts from contributors like the one below written by Stephen Cerulli of the John D. Colandra Italian American Institute in regards to the concept of shifting away from Columbus as an Italian icon. The...
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