

THE PRE-RAPHAELITES AND THE VASTO CONNECTION
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, one of the founders of the PreRaphaelite artistic movement of the mid-1800s was the son of Gabriele Rossetti,

GIOIA DEI MARSI, PROVINCE OF L’AQUILA, REGION OF ABRUZZO
The beautiful town of Gioia dei Marsi is located about 65 kilometers from L’Aquila. Gioia dei Marsi has approximately 2,360 inhabitants, known as Gioiesi.

VINCHIATURO, PROVINCE OF CAMPOBASSO, REGION OF MOLISE
The picturesque small town of Vinchiaturo is located about 10 kilometers southwest of Campobasso.

ANNA RITA SABATINI VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ITALIAN RED CROSS
Anna Rita Sabatini recently joined the Italian Red Cross as a volunteer. In addition to her job as a computer analyst for a large Italian state-owned company

THREE GENERATIONS OF D’ANDREAS TAKE NEW YORK BY STORM!
From April 8 through April 11, three generations of the D’Andrea family took a “road trip” to New York. Making this trip were AMHS President Emeritus Lucio D

AMHS MOURNS PASSING OF LONG-TIME MEMBER PINO CICALA
On April 10, 2017, our community lost a valued member and a friend to many of us, with the passing of Giuseppe Antonio Cicala, known to all as Pino. For more than half a century, Pino did much to promote Italian culture, music and language.

IN MEMORIAM, NICOLA FERRANTE
We are incredibly saddened by the passing of long-time AMHS member Nicola (Nick) Ferrante on March 29, 2017. He was the beloved husband of Gay

CASA ITALIANA TEACHER DISCUSSES HER “GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR” AT APRIL 9 MEETING
On April 9, 2017, a beautiful spring day which also happened to be Palm Sunday, 67 AMHS members and guests enjoyed a very interesting and informative talk by Ceil Lucas, a sociolinguist

AMHS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
As many of our AMHS members likely know, our organization awards two $4,000 scholarships each year, one to each of two highly qualified students.

CARNEVALE CELEBRATION AT CASA ITALIANA
Local Italian and Italian American organizations joined together this year to celebrate a Carnevale fundraiser to benefit the victims of the earthquakes in central Italy.

A VIRTUAL TOUR OF ABRUZZO AND ITALIAN CULINARY TRADITIONS TO BE THE FOCUS OF MAY 21, 2016 GENERAL SOCIETY MEETING
The Society is very excited to have one of its own – a member and a fellow Abruzzese, Domenica Marchetti, who will talk to us about Italian culinary traditions

AMHS MEMBERSHIP
2017 Membership Renewal Campaign Continues Our relatively new online system is able to track many items for the membership.

WELCOME TO THE NEW AMHS SECRETARY, CARMINE JAMES SPELLANE
Carmine James Spellane was born and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
I wish to express the Society’s condolences to the families of long-time members Nick Ferrante and Pino Cicala. Within the course of one month,
