Douglas Gladstone (Writer)
There are many ways to analyze the contribution of the Italian Americans to the society, the economy, the culture, the greatness of the United States. One of these ways is celebrating those who have given their talent and their hard work to build monuments known and loved by every American, and not only by the Americans. There's an Italian who con...
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Crusading Author To Speak At Poughkeepsie's Italian Center About Rushmore's Italian American Chief Carver Denied Credit By the Feds
Author Douglas J. Gladstone, whose controversial book argues that the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS) is chiseling Mount Rushmore's Italian American chief carver out of posthumous credit, will talk about the issue before members of Noi Italiani D'Oggi (NIDO) at the Italian Center four weeks from tonight, on Th...
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Mount Rushmore Finally Acknowledges Luigi Del Bianco on their Facebook Page
by Douglas Gladstone Mount Rushmore finally acknowledges Luigi Del Bianco. It's a start. Since this year marks the 75th anniversary of the completion of Mount Rushmore, the staff has been posting short bios of the workers on their Facebook page. After 25 years, the National Park Service has finally acknowledged that Luigi Del Bianco w...
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Feds Finally Credit Italian Sculptor From New York as Mount Rushmore’s Chief Carver
by Douglas J. Gladstone For more than seven decades, the name of Luigi Del Bianco had gone unnoticed by historians chronicling the creation of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Not anymore. The United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS), which is the federal agency charged with supervising and admi...
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