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Sparta Unico Rediscover your Italian roots and help your community! We meet every 3rd Wednesday 7PM The Sparta Train Station Museum building in station park.

Sparta Unico is an Italian American service organization to engage in charitable works, support higher education, and perform patriotic deeds. To promote and enhance the Image of Italian Americans; for members to be of service to the community; to promote Italian heritage and culture; to promote, support and assist charitable, scientific, cultural, educational, and literary projects; to promote members' interest in public welfare; and, to cooperate with others in civic, social and cultural development. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Train Station in Station Park, Sparta, NJ ~ all are welcome ~ Call or email us for more info.

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On our way to the NYC Columbus Day Parade Gary & Laura D’Uva
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On our way to the NYC Columbus Day Parade Gary & Laura D’Uva

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🇮🇹🇺🇸 On this Columbus Day, UNICO National celebrates the rich legacy of Italian Americans and their enduring contributions to the United States.

As our nation celebrates 250 years of independence, we reflect on the values that unite us: family, community, hard work, and service to others. These principles continue to inspire UNICO members across the country as we honor our heritage and give back to the communities we serve.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month!

This I did not know. History of Columbus Day. I’m sure this is just part of it, but if anybody has any comments, please ...
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This I did not know. History of Columbus Day. I’m sure this is just part of it, but if anybody has any comments, please post here.

On March 14, 1891, eleven Italians were lynched in New Orleans. It was the largest mass lynching in the American South.

"He (President Harrison) knew Italians faced bigotry and institutionalized discrimination. He knew they faced mob violence throughout the land. He wanted to make things right — and in the process show the world a different side of America.

"He settled on two courses of action. First, he agreed to pay each family of the lynched Italians $25,000, a substantial sum in 1891. Then he did something remarkable: he decided to use the office of the president to acknowledge the contributions of Italians and Italian Americans to the United States.

"An American president, for the first time, would affirm officially the rightful place of Italians in the fabric of American life, turning a new page in how Protestant America saw Catholic immigrants. No longer, he wanted to make clear, could the racist editors at the New York Times approve of the lynching of anyone anywhere in the United States without rebuke."

The Italian men lynched were Antonio Bagnetto, James Caruso, Loreto Comitis, Rocco Geraci, Joseph P. Macheca, Antonio Marchesi, Pietro Monasterio, Emmanuele Polizzi, Frank Romero, Antonio Scaffidi, and Charles Traina.

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P. O. Box 328
Sparta, NJ
07871

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+18624322140

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