00:00This is, in case you don't know, the 79th anniversary of the Italian Republic, and I am proud to be a new member of it.
00:15Just got citizenship, as my beloved grandmother, Edith, whose family came from Candida and Mano Casati, used to say to me,
00:23Io il trevello di un criceto.
00:30I don't know what it means, but she said it to me all the time.
00:33I was fortunate enough to meet our wonderful friends from the Italian consulate, Raffaella, Lorenzo, and Emanuello,
00:40who helped to make our dream of becoming Italian citizens come true, and I am very grateful to them and for inviting us here tonight.
00:48My grandfather's family is from Ischia. His name was Sal Iacono, Iacono.
00:54His parents were Vincenzo Iacono and Maria Lombardi.
00:57They moved to New York after an earthquake killed most of their family and devastated their town, Casa Mitula, in 1883.
01:07And now we have moved the whole family to a town that is constantly threatened by earthquakes.
01:11One thing about our family, we never learn our lessons.
01:17Our whole family went back to visit Ischia and Naples 10 years ago, and it was a magical visit.
01:25We loved Italy, we love Italian people, and now we are Italian people.
01:30We love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we love Italy, we
