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We are deeply saddened to report the passing of Joseph N. Grano, an icon of the Italian American community in Washington and more. The Washington Post identified him as a "Godfly."   Joe was born and raised in the Bronx, the son of immigrants from near Cosenza, Calabria. Joe graduated from St. John's University (Queens, NY) and received his...

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Washington DC- AMICO is happy to forward and support the following from Mr. Joseph Grano, President of the Costantino Brumidi Society : - The great news is that the Ambassador of Italy has met the Postmaster General of the United States drawing his attention to the Brumidi Society request to issue a Brumidi stamp.   We most sincerely th...

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Una medaglia postuma a Costantino Brumidi, il "Michelangelo degli Stati Uniti". Cerimonia ufficiale ieri a Capitol Hill, dove il Congresso Usa ha consegnato nelle mani dei parlamentari William Pascrell e Patrick Tiberi e dei Senatori Michael Enzi e Patrick Leavy una medaglia d'oro postuma per il pittore italiano naturalizzato statunitense, autore...

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"To-night I have been wandering awhile in the Capitol, which is all lit up," wrote poet Walt Whitman in 1865. "The illuminated rotunda looks fine. I like to stand aside and look a long, long while, up at the dome; it comforts me somehow." It still comforts America. But while you'd never know it to look at it, the Capitol dome is slowly,...

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Entrando nella sede del Congresso degli Stati Uniti a Washington DC si passa sotto la "rotunda", la cupola del Campidoglio che ospita i Parlamentari. L'affresco dipinto sulla parte interna della rotunda, "L'apoteosi di George Washington" è una delle prime rappresentazioni artistiche riguardanti la storia degli Stati Uniti: fu iniziato nel 1855 e te...

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