'Secret' of WWII: Italian-Americans forced to move Were branded 'enemy aliens' September 21, 1997 Web posted at: 7:53 p.m. EDT (2353 GMT) SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- More than 50 years after World War II, there is one incident from that era that remains in the shadows -- the forced relocation of some U.S. residents of Italian ancestry from their homes. Now, some Italian-Americans believe the federal government needs to own up to that history. A ...

Dick Dick Rosano is a widely published Maryland wine writer and author of Wine Heritage, The History of Italian-American Vintners, published by the Wine Appreciation Guild (800-242-9462). Drive down the wine roads of California and you may think you've slipped onto a movie set from La Dolce Vita. The Italian names that adorn the winery signs throughout America's western regions lend a melodic quality to the tour guides' narrative and stand as a constant reminder of the contribution o ...

First Church of Christ, Scientist 503 - 9th Street Oregon City, OR 97045 phone: (503) 655-1071 Welcome to First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oregon City, Oregon. We are a branch church of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1875, a woman named Mary Baker Eddy wrote and published a textbook on spiritual healing, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. This book laid the foundation for the ...

Italian Immigration Between 1880 and 1920, four million Italian immigrants traversed the Atlantic to the United States. These Italians came in search of the "American Dream." They were seeking a life that they could never have within the borders of poverty stricken Italy. For centuries in Italy, the Italian peninsula was divided into feuding states, with foreign powers often ruling one or several of the states. In this chaotic situation, the feudal system ruled the economic system. The feuda ...

Italian Americans Presentation Reasons for Immigration America is the land of possibilities where people can start low on the social ladder and work upwards to become successful. Their children will live better lives than their parents and the American dream will live. The statue of liberty stands strong, welcoming all under her care. Ellis Island is where many came and first stepped foot in their country to be. Italian immigration to America began very early on. Small amounts came t ...

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Until the mid-19th century, Italians coming to the Texas area were adventurers, explorers, or soldiers. Italian explorers, from the 15th and 16th centuries, were well known indeed, but none came in the service of an Italian city or province. In the mid-16th century—and for many years before and after—the Italian peninsula was a mass of republics, city-states, kingdoms, and duchies. Some enjoyed fair economic independence, but none could mount New World exploration like Spain and Portugal. Thus ...

ITALIANS IN UTAH Italian Lodge parade, Bingham, 1909 Italian immigration was one of the largest influxes of southern and eastern European groups into Utah. While some Protestant Waldensians from northern Italy had immigrated in the 1870s after being converted by the Mormon missionary program, the bulk of Italians came to Utah during the period from the 1890s to the 1920s in response to demands for unskilled labor in the mining and railroad industries. Italians came primarily from the regi ...

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