FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Results of 2009
Vote for Thirty-One Days of Italians
CARY, NC - August 24, 2009: Voters have selected the fourteen
Italians and Italian Americans, to join the seventeen Honorary Members, who will be commemorated during Italian American Heritage
Month in October.
For the third year, voters
elected Yogi Berra, Frank Capra, Joe DiMaggio, Fiorello La Guardia, Mario Lanza, and Giovanni da Verrazzano. Geraldine Ferraro
and Henry Mancini are on the list for a second year.
This year’s vote
took a literary turn with voters adding Helen Barolini, John Ciardi, Pietro di Donato, and Daniela Gioseffi; gave a nod toward
football with Vince Lombardi; and bestowed a standing ovation to the most popular of all—and new to the list for 2009—Frank
Sinatra.
All join Honorary Members
Father Pietro Bandini … Constantino Brumidi … Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini … Enrico Caruso … Christopher
Columbus … Enrico Fermi … Amadeo Pietro Giannini … Guglielmo Marconi … Filippo Mazzei … Antonio
Meucci … Maria Montessori, M.D. … Andrea Palladio … Antonio Pasin … Arturo Toscanini … and Amerigo
Vespucci on the 2009 list of Thirty-One Days of Italians.
The first day of October
honors the Italian immigrants who came to America
for a better life and contributed so much to the infrastructure of this country. The last day of October is reserved for a
special Italian not on the list—a favorite relative, friend, neighbor, or someone not personally known, but admired.
2009 Honorable Mentions
include Giovanni Caboto, Anthony Fauci, Lee Iacocca, Rocky Marciani, and Dean Martin.
Thirty-One Days of Italians,
a list of Italians and Italian Americans recognized for their extraordinary achievements, was established to promote Italian
American Heritage Month throughout America
and to educate Americans about Italian American history, culture, and heritage.
The grass-roots campaign—started
by author, educator, and researcher Janice Therese Mancuso—is becoming an educational resource for Italian American
history by disseminating the significant contributions Italians and Italian Americans have made to America.
To learn more about Thirty-One
Days of Italians and for the complete list of those contributing to America
visit http://home.earthlink.net/~31italians/ or contact Janice at 31italians@earthlink.net.
Contact
Janice Therese Mancuso
919.460.8836
31italians@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~31italians/
jtmancuso@earthlink.net
www.jtmancuso.com
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