Happy Saint Joseph's Day to my fellow Joes. March 17 was the 150th anniversary of Italian unification. Without the military and political leadership of Giuseppe Garibaldi, it might never have happened. My grandfather was a great admirer of Garibaldi and used to tell me about him. He was a Nizzardo Italian, from the area around Nice, which the Savoys gave to France. He was offered a generalship in the Union Army, but wanted over-all command of the army and demanded abolition of the slaves. It didn't work out.
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