Celebrating Italian Heritage

To celebrate October as Italian Heritage Month, the Wakefield Sons of Italy hosted a screening of a portion of the PBS documentary series The Italian Americans at the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield. Members and guests enjoyed coffee generously donated by Honey Dew Donuts, and a lovely selection of homemade Italian cookies. The first part of the series highlighted the challenges faced by the early Italian immigrants, the impact of Italian-American communities and the importance of the Italian-American family in New Orleans, Roseto, Pennsylvania, and New York City. Local Italian-American stories were highlighted as well, such as the leadership of Italian-Americans during the mill strikes in Lawrence, Massachusetts, or the now infamous trial and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti.

The Wakefield Sons of Italy was happy to welcome current members as well as new faces from the Italian-American community to celebrate Italian Heritage Month. Anyone, regardless of their national origin, is welcome to join the Sons of Italy, and can find more information about the Wakefield Lodge and some of its other events by visiting www.wakefieldsoi.org.

Wakefield Sons of Italy would like to thank the Beebe Library for the use of their Lecture Hall for the event. They encourage others to celebrate Italian Heritage Month and check out The Italian Americans on PBS TV, or at www.pbs.org/the-italian-americans/.

*THE ITALIAN AMERICANS is a production of WETA Washington, D.C., and Ark Media, in association with John Maggio Productions.