Month: May 2018

Denver Pressman Irvin Comito

Of interest to me (among many other things) is Colorado’s rich history in relation to the printing industry.  Last month...

/ May 16, 2018

James Capillupo and “The Babe!”

Sportswriter Tommy Holmes once said of Babe Ruth “I stopped talking about the Babe for the simple reason that I...

/ May 16, 2018

Antonette “Antonia” Smaldone DeNuzzi

On many occasions I take time to thank the hardworking women in my life, and to honor those who came...

/ May 16, 2018

Trinidad’s Gerardi Mercantile

Born in 1845 in Viggiano, Italy—a town in the southern Italian province of Potenza—Pascal Gerardi came to the U.S. in...

/ May 15, 2018

The Iannucci Brothers

On December 23, 1883, Andrea Iannucci, the son of Domenico Iannucci and Pasquanton Ligghio, was born in the rural, medieval...

/ May 15, 2018

In Memory Of…

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” –...

/ May 15, 2018