In 2023, I traveled to Nettuno, Italy as a newly appointed member of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad. It was my first official outing with the commission. I joined then-Chair Starlet “Star” Jones Lugo on a visit to this beautiful seaside city just south of Rome.
I expected to learn about the important American history connected to World War II in the region. What I did not expect was to discover a story that would become one of the most meaningful projects of my time on the commission.
