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“I’m glad President Trump has done this for the Italian people. Whether you’re Italian or whether you’re Spanish or whether you’re Greek or whatever, America protects all people and I’m glad President Trump is doing it starting by an executive order on Columbus Day.”— John CatsimatidesRead More

“I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates and locations as it has had all the many decades before!“ President Trump announced on Sunday. Listen to this segment of the Joe Piscopo Show with special guest Angelo Vivolo as they unpack the 48 hours of fast-moving events that led to the President‘s...Read More

Dear Friends, I hope you are aware of the important support President Trump has given to preserving Columbus Day and statues. Feeling compelled to express my gratitude, I wrote him a personal letter to thank him for his efforts and to emphasize the positive impact they have had across all ethnic groups. I am grateful...Read More

There are no less than 60 cities, towns, and counties named after Christopher Columbus in the United States, not the least of which is our nation’s capital, the District of Columbia and, somewhat ironically, a current hotbed of anti-Western thought in America’s vaunted system of higher-education, Columbia University.Read More

Five New York House members — including progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman — are being accused of spreading “hate” by pushing to scrap Columbus Day.Read More

Join us on Fifth Avenue today at NOON for a celebration of singing, dancing, bursting colors, marching bands and much more entertainment at the National Columbus Day Parade. The New York spectacular is the largest of the hundreds of celebrations of Italian and Italian American culture going on across the nation. Clear skies and crisp...Read More

Italian American’s rightful celebration for Columbus the Explorer has always been understood in the wider context of humanity’s intrinsic desire to know. The undeniable truth is that the human spirit of exploration propelled the discovery of a new gateway to the Americas.Read More

We are so proud of Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. A great Italian American and beacon for all that is good as an elected official who is unquestionably admired and respected by everyone. Bravo Tom honored to be your friend!Read More

Eight years ago, the Woke community unleashed a hailstorm of malicious and hurtful attacks on statues, holidays, Italian Americans and Christopher Columbus that rivaled the marches of the Ku Klux Klan against our community a century ago.Read More