There were Italians building a glass factory in Virginia before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts. and Italian colonies were flourishing in Georgia. Florida. Delaware. New York. and elsewhere before the Revolution. Several hundred Italians also fought and died in the American Revolution. When the fate of our Northwest territories hung in the balance. the land that is now Michigan. Illinois. Wisconsin. Indiana. and Ohio was won in the battle of Vincennes in 1779 by Gen. George Rogers Clark. thanks to money and information provided by an Italian fur trader. Francesco Vigo. Christopher Columbus is known in America as the father of immigration. Were he here. he would be proud of his many fine sons and daughters. THE SST
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