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Italians of Greater Paterson reflects on the many contributions made by people of Italian heritage to the development of this great city. Lou Costello, Floyd Vivino and Congressman Pascrell are among those featured in the lecture. This program was developed from Ranuโ€™s research for her book of the same name, published in Arcadiaโ€™s Images of America series in 2019.
This lecture was part of the Paterson Museum Foundation’s Speakers Series. The program was presented by author Jennifer Ranu on October 25th 2022, via zoom.

The Paterson Museum Foundation is the non-profit partner of the Paterson Museum, working with the Museum to help further its mission. Programming, such as this, is one of the Foundationโ€™s many projects. To learn more about the Foundation, and to donate, visit www.patersonmuseumfoundation.org

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  1. I cried and cried through this video for what we had,such good memories. Oh how I want to go back to my roots. I knew many of these families mentioned,father Mark was my pastor at St Gerardโ€™s when I was growing up, he was and is my inspiration . Nancy carlozzi Garrity was my teacher at JFK. Thank you for this. Please make more videos.

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