Katia
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My husband is half Italian and Columbus Day was a celebration of the Italian heritage. How many people know the history of the lynching of the Italian immigrants?
The Innocent 11 and the Creation of Columbus Day
By Basil M. Russo, ISDA National President On March 14, 1891, prominent New Orleans citizens, including future mayors and governors, led America’s largest-ever lynch mob into the darkest pages of U.S. history. Holding torches, rifles and rope, this mob of vigilantes stormed into Parish Prison...
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