“The indomitable spirit of Italy, the mystical, the ever persistent, spreading through the northern and western forests, crossing seas as easily as rivers, is the substance of the best we have in American heritage”

-Charles Russell, American historian                                                     

“In the city of Rome the physical remains of the past are everywhere- a living palimpsest where the many layers of twenty-seven hundred years of history exist side by side... cars whizz by the ancient Republican temples and the art deco theater in the Largo Argentina... (your bus stops) near the spot where Julius Caesar was assassinated... a block of (modern) shops curve gently, conforming to the shape of the ancient amphitheater on whose foundation they sit”

-from “Future of the Past” by Alexander Stille

Russell Kirk a noted conservative political philosopher, wrote in his book, “The Roots of American Order”:

“Certainly the Roman understanding of the rule of law still lives in the modern world...”

“The Latin influence upon our culture is pervasive, not only the Romance languages, but also in English which is preferred second language around the world, as well as in the sciences and medicine”

“Shakespeare like many of the great masters of the English language including Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James, were fascinated by Italy, Italian history, Italian literature and Italian culture”

-Gloria Lothrop PhD, an eminent American historian

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Giancarlo Meazzo, Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors.