Scholarship Committee Announces 2019 - 2020 RECIPIENTS
As many of you know, the AMHS awards a scholarship every year to two outstanding students who are either already attending, or have been accepted for admission to, an accredited college or university.
Italian Jazz Singer Chiara Izzi at Kennedy Center
Italian jazz singer Chiara Izzi on May 3 came to the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage by way of New York and was warmly welcomed by an enthusiastic audience.
Join AMHS for the Annual Ferragosto Picnic Sunday, August 11
Please join AMHS for its annual Ferragosto picnic which will be held at Area 2 of Fort Ward Park in Alexandria, Va., from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 11.
Revised Schedule for July and September Programs
The AMHS has made some changes to the schedule of events for July and September. We ask our members to note the following dates. We have decided to forego our summer program, for a couple of reasons.
WARTIME SURVIVAL, PERSEVERANCE IN SMALL-TOWN ITALY
For our third program of the year, we were very pleased to have a speaker who came all the way from Florida to give us a talk at Casa Italiana on June 9, 2019.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Summer is here! Some of us are thinking “finally,” while others are astonished at how quickly the days pass
Professor Describes War-Time Survival, Deliverance in Small-Town Italy
Our third program of the year is one you won’t want to miss. Our speaker, Car mine Vittoria, will tell us a story of fami ly, a story of hardship and survival, through the eyes of a boy growing up in a small town near Naples before, during and shortly after World War II.
MIRABELLO SANNITICO
The picturesque small town of Mirabello Sannitico is distinguished by the Tappi no River flowing on either side of the town on the north and south, with nearby towns including Campobasso to the northwest and Vinchiaturo to the southwest. The town has approximately 2,132 inhabitants, known as Mirabellesi.
AMHS Bylaws Revised Pending Membership Vote
For over five years, the Executive Committee (EC) and Board of Directors have been discussing the restatement of the society’s bylaws, to make them more consistent with current practices
ABBATEGGIO
One of Abruzzo’s beautiful small towns, Abbateggio, is located about 40 kilo meters from Pescara. The town has approximately 400 inhabitants. Situated along the northern slopes of the Maiel la, Abbateggio has a broad
VP Sorbara’s NIH Research Project Highlighted at Conference
The work of AMHS Second Vice President, Lynn Sorbara and her team at the Nation al Institutes of Health (NIH) on ground breaking cancer research continues to earn notice. ,
Building Friendships and Growing Our Membership
The AMHS will soon introduce some new social events and activities that members and friends can join outside of the bi-monthly general membership meetings.
STAMPING AROUND ITALY CITY OF VASTO MUNICIPALS
Do you collect stamps? If so you may be able to form a collection of stamps from your ancestral home
STAMPING AROUND ITALY
Do you collect stamps? If so you may be able to form a collection of stamps from your ancestral home town. Of the roughly 8100 Italian comuni, about 4000 are known to have issued municipal stamps bearing the town’s name.
Women of the Renaissance Inspire Us Today, Says Author Carla Gambescia
To celebrate Women’s History Month in March, the National Organization of Italian-American Women (NOIAW) invited author Carla Gambescia to talk about how the women of today have been influenced by the Renaissance women with an “indomitable spirit.”