Most ItalianAmericans settled in the Northeast to facilitate their hoped for return to their troubled homeland. However. as the century lingered on. many would move onward toward the far western frontier. affirming the Italian exploratory spirit. Some. in fact. would settle in my own State of Arihona. By 1907. Italians represented nearly 40 percent of U.S. immigration and were firmly entrenched as leaders in American so. ciety. Perhaps the greatest contribution that ItalianAmericans have made to our Nation is their commitment to the preservation and continued growth of the family. This commitment is not a simple one because it comes from a source that. many times. we lose sight of in our complicated lives.
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