by Catherine Accardi

On May 31, 2016 the San Francisco Bay Area's Italian community celebrated Italy's Republic Day with an elegant event at San Francisco's St. Francis Yacht Club. The event's host was our very own San Francisco Italian Consul General, Mauro Battocchi, who describes this day as follows: "It is the most important event of the Italian community here in the Bay Area along with the Italian Heritage Parade in October".

Italy's Republic Day, also known as Festa della Repubblica (Festival of the Republic), is a national holiday celebrated on June 2 each year. The celebration is to honor the day Italians voted to abolish the monarchy in 1946. It is considered the Italian version of the American Fourth of July. This is one of the most important Italian national holidays which, like Independence Day in the U.S., celebrates the birth of the nation.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano