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Italy embarks on easing Covid-19 restrictions next Monday and shares a nationwide roadmap for reopening from now until June. 🇮🇹NIAF has elected a new Board of Directors, with Mr. Robert E. Carlucci, founder and CEO of The RC Group, elected to serve as the Foundation’s Chairman.Tropea was crowned the most beautiful village of 2021 - "il borgo dei borghi"! 🇮🇹☀️Nicknamed The Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea, no wonder this Calabrian seaside resort was chosen! 🌊🐙🐟Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was born #OnThisDay! Painter🎨, architect✍️, inventor💡, and student of all things scientific🔭, da Vinci's natural genius crossed so many disciplines that he epitomized the term “Renaissance man.” ✨Be ready for your next trip to Italy by enrolling! 🇮🇹 The 12 Italian regions' food and wine that will be covered in this 10 lesson course are:Born in Plainfield, N.J., to Italian immigrants from Tuscany and Campania, Petty Officer 3rd Class Albert N. Marchio helped defend his country during #WWII, honorably serving in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1942-1946. He began his service on Long Island, N.Y., as walking patrol along the beach to spot German U-Boats off the coast and thwart potential infiltration attempts.Recent Tweets
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Reflections – The Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery (VOD)
-In light of the 2020 VOD being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic- By Anthony Pizzo, Alumnus of the 2002 Gift of Discovery/Voyage of Discovery In 2002, I had the life changing honor to go to NIAF’s Voyage of Discovery … Continue reading
The Legacy of Falcone and Borsellino
Yesterday, NIAF’s 2017 Voyage of Discovery (VOD) program – a group of Italian American college students brought to Italy by NIAF on an all-expenses-paid, two-week trip to rediscover their heritage – visited the Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, as well … Continue reading
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