A Word About Columbus

LIA Board members Dan Moceri and Louis Palestini were in the piazza speaking to people about Columbus

Today is still Columbus Day in some parts of the country. Right or wrong, many Italian Americans feel that the opposition to Columbus is a personal attack on their community. While it is true that Columbus wasn't perfect, he truly was a "man of his times," the facts that can't be disputed are that what Columbus did was a huge changing point in World history, re-uniting mankind of both Hemispheres who had been separated for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years and setting the stage for what would eventually become the United States of America. Many Italian Americans therefore look at him with pride. I, personally, see him as a major player in history, but I do not approve of everything he and the Europeans after him, did here in the Western Hemisphere. I recognize the good and the bad, not ignoring the good, nor glossing over the bad. But recognizing history for what it is and a pledge for me personally and for us humans to do better in the future, particularly in how we treat each other.

Have a good Columbus Day to those who celebrate it, an awesome Italian American Heritage Day, and a happy Indigenous Peoples Day with my pledge not to forget the suffering you (Indigenous Peoples) faced and the injustices you still face today. We as Italians faced prejudice in this country as well at one time and of course suffered thousands of years of conquest and colonization back in Europe. I don't agree with everything today's Native American activists fight for or say, but I am with you.

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Posted by Christopher Forte. All opinions in this article are mine personally and do not reflect those of The Italian Californian.

Sons & Daughters of Italy in America San Diego Lodge #1627 90th Year Anniversary Dinner Dance featuring Frank DiSalvo and Honoring Bernadette Tarantino November 5th, 2022!

Sons & Daughters of Italy in America San Diego Lodge #1627 90th Year Anniversary Dinner Dance featuring Frank DiSalvo and Honoring Bernadette Tarantino November 5th, 2022! 

 Hey friends and family!! I need you to help us celebrate our 90th Anniversary! With the great entertainer Frank DiSalvo, an awesome venue (Veloce Motors The Vault - Miramar ), and great food, this will be a dinner dance and party you'll never forget! Italian Style! Celebrating the 90th Year Anniversary of the Sons of Italy San Diego- Lodge No. 1627 !! Saturday, November 5th, 2022, 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm. Scan the QR code on the pic below or call or email using the contact info provided! You can also visit our website to get tickets at https://www.sonsofitalysd-1627.org . Tickets are $90 and nonrefundable. Our last anniversary party was only $60, but as you know due to inflation everything went up but trust me THIS WILL BE WORTH IT! I'll provide pics and videos from our last anniversary in 2021 below for you to get a glimpse of what to expect, though this one is going to be even better so it's not really a fair comparison! 

 Please support your Italian American heritage or, if you're not Italian, support cultural diversity and the life-changing charitable fundraising we do by supporting my lodge and purchasing tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime event! Grazie! Auguri! 

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Festa Italiana in LA's San Pedro is back!

 

This website's Founder and Editor-in-Chief will be representing the Italian community of San Diego at Festa Italiana in LA's San Pedro on October 15th and 16th of 2022! Like before, there will be food and retail vendors, games, entertainment, speeches and presentations by prominent community members and leaders, and a Heritage stand where you can learn about the Italians of San Pedro! The Los Angeles port neighborhood of San Pedro has the last remaining large concentration of Italians in the city as so many others are spread about the City of Angels and was officially designated LA's "Little Italy" in 2019! You can learn more about LA's Little Italy and of Italians in San Pedro here. Below are photos from the past festivals I, Christopher Forte, has visited.

Watch videos from 2019 and 2021 here.

Photos of Festa Italiana 2021:

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