World War 2 Internments of Italians at Fort Missoula MT Alien Detention Camp

A Letter to the Public about the World War 2 Internments

Welcome Readers – The inspiration for this website came to me in the winter of 2019, when my daughter was writing an essay for her US History 2 class in high school. The subject matter was the World War 2 internments of enemy aliens in the United States during World…

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Learn to Speak Italian and Reconnect with a Lost Part of Culture

Learn to Speak Italian and Reconnect with a Lost Part of Culture

I’m on a quest to learn to speak Italian, which has not an easy task. It seems harder for me to learn a new language now that I am in my late fifties. In high school I took Latin, and I easily soaked it up. I still recall so much…

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Human civilization has been steadily improving for 200 years - this article explains why.

Human Civilization Is Steadily Improving – Here Are The Reasons Why

We’ve passed the one year mark into this global pandemic, and I offer this well-reasoned outlook for a positive future. As I see it, the key is understanding that true progress is often the proverbial 2 steps forward, followed by 1 step back. Sometimes it is much worse; conversely, some…

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City leaders take note - this is how you discuss Columbus.

Civic Leadership in America, Take Note on how to Discuss Columbus

Pueblo’s Columbus Day Weekend a Display of Debate with Honor & Respect Pueblo Colorado is an example of how a civilized society treats each other. While Columbus Day of 2020 witnessed turmoil in what’s left of Portland, a bright light of reason and goodwill illuminated Pueblo Colorado. The Indigenous community…

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Why Columbus Day of 1942 is so meaningful today

Why Columbus Day of 1942 is so Meaningful Today

Estimated reading time: 30 minutes Beginning on December 8th 1941, over 600,000 Italian-Americans were branded “enemy aliens” and were firmly under the surveillance of the US intelligence community. Out of that number, tens of thousands were experiencing a very broad range of civil rights violations and massive economic losses, and…

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