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’Andrea, his son Paul D’Andrea, and two grandsons – Gabriel D’Andrea and Tyler Alberico Crump. Paul D'Andrea, Gabriel D'Andrea, Lucio D'Andrea, and Tyler Alberico Crump at West Point.

The four are standing in front of a chain that was laid across the Hudson River by U.S. troops, in order to keep British Royal Navy ships from advance upriver during the Revolutionary War. The journey started with a visit and tour of West Point, established in 1802 as a military engineering school, which holds special significance for Lucio, who was commissioned in 1957 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The next leg of the journey took them to Hyde Park, the National Historic site that is the former home of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The final destination was New York City, where the D’Andrea “clan” enjoyed the sights and sounds of the bustling metropolis, which included a tour of the United Nations (UN), also significant for Lucio as he served 9 years at the UN Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland at the Economic Commission for Europe.

Of course, no trip to New York City would be complete without a visit to Eataly, the Italian food extravaganza. All in all it was a trip full of many happy memories to be shared by the three generations of the D’Andrea men! (Submitted by Maria D’Andrea-Yothers).