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Intro:
I have dedicated this section to the Italian
American people for their passion in preserving their traditions and
culture and to the past residents of Italian Harlem. Despite
their struggles and despair, living in horrendous conditions
of tenement living amid the crime, filth and disease, the early
Italian immigrant worked extremely hard overcoming their
obstacles of discrimination, illiteracy and poverty giving place to
a new image of productive and successful Italian American citizens.
The Italian National Anthem
These are the dedicated
individuals to whom we have to be thankful for, who
are keeping the memories of the old neighborhood and
traditions alive of the Italian American people in
East Harlem.
Miriam Medina
Miriam Medina, is the website Administrator
of thehistorybox.com and author of the "Mimi
Speaks Blogspot". She was born and raised in
East Harlem (known then as Italian Harlem)
and lived at 1791 Lexington Avenue between
111th and 112th street. Miriam has
dedicated this section to the Italian
American people for their passion in
preserving their traditions and culture.
Read her memoir of the old neighborhood on
the Neighborhood page. She is an active
member of the following societies: The New
York Historical Society, Urban History
Association, American Association for State
and Local History, the National Law Center
On Homelessness and Poverty, the National
Council for History Education ,The
Foundation For the National Archives ,
National Associate Member of the Smithsonian
Institute and
Member of the National Italian American
Foundation.
Section:
Al Guerra
Forty-three
year old , Italian American first
generation, Al Guerra, grew up in East
Harlem, who followed the feast every summer.
Although He currently lives in Florida with
his wife and three children, he still
travels to East Harlem every year for the
Feast. Al Guerra has managed to put together
a fascinating website about the Feast of Mt.
Carmel .This is a wonderful website
dedicated to the people who helped make this
great festive tradition possible. This
website portrays a yearly tradition that has
been in existence among the Italian
Immigrants since 1881 and will continue to
exist even into the future. Lots of research
, photos and valuable historical information
has been invested by its webmaster in the
preparation of this website. A definite must
see. Please visit their photo gallery for
pictures of the feast.
Bobby Maida
Another
important website which I would like to
mention that is dedicated to Italian
Traditions, the Giglio di San Antonio in
East Harlem, which is an Italian Festa in
continium since the early 19th century. Bob
Maida, who is an active member and
photographer of the East Harlem Giglio
Society has done a fantastic job of
providing pictures, current as well as
historical which can be viewed by the
public. Bobby also helps promote the
festival. Here is the link to the Giglio
Society of East Harlem.
Photo Gallery
Thank you Bobby.
Charles DeMonte
Charles
DeMonte was born in East Harlem, New York.
Known and loved by all his friends from the
old neighborhood, as Charlie D, he has
developed a fantastic site in such a short
period of time that has been overwhelmed
with past and present residents
visiting and talking about the good old days
in East Harlem., once known as "Italian
Harlem." Through Charlie's website "The
Old Neighborhood Online" he has
enabled people to reconnect with each other
on a daily basis. Charlie expresses his
thanks to the Giglio Boys and the East
Harlem Reunions for revitalizing the spirit
of East Harlem. Thanks Charlie for the
memories. M.M.
East Harlem Family and Friends
The Annual East
Harlem reunion will be on Friday
evening...April 23rd at Villa Barone in the
Bronx..
Food is great along
with good music and a ballroom full of East
Harlemites. What more can you want?
Tickets are $90 per
person which includes all night open bar and
more appetizers entrees and desserts
(pastry, cake, ice cream ,etc) you can
possibly eat.
Raccomando caldamente
questo sito, è assolutamente da vedere.
Potrete fare una valida esperienza educativa
ricca di arte e cultura. Esso contiene un
sacco di foto e di preziose informazioni di
storia e di cultura. I giovani curatori di
questo forum hanno investito tempo ed
energie per trattare i numerosi argomenti.
Un'occasione per tutti i visitatori di
scegliere e partecipare a questo
accattivante forum.
I have dedicated
this section to Dr. Antonio Castaldo, Head
of the Press Office in Brusciano, Naples,
Italy. Dr. Castaldo from time to time, will
be sending me articles to keep the Italian Community in New York and
Elsewhere updated on current news and upcoming events that may occur in Brusciano,
Naples, Italy. I will be translating
it into English.
This is a new addition
to my blog "Mimi Speaks" for the benefit of
Italians and Italian Americans. There will
be articles in both languages, music and
other interesting topics that will be
published from time to time for all
visitors. If you have anything you would
like to contribute, please send it to me for
my review.
Read about the
Religious Feasts, of the Italian Community.
You-tubes of the Giglio Feasts in East
Harlem and elsewhere, pictures of the Feast
of Mt. Carmel. A worthwhile page visit
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