Italian Picnic Traditions
Channel: ICC Milwaukee
Date: 2021-09-02

August 2, 1978, the Milwaukee Journal ran a feature article on a group of Italian American friends and family who met weekly to picnic. As the article says, “What began as a single excursion gradually grew, Sunday after Sunday, into a tradition.  For 30 years and maybe more, the group has returned each week to picnic at their oasis in Sheridan Park in Cudahy.”  To keep the picnics going, there needed to be someone in charge - the leader of this group of friends was Sam Bartolone. As his grandson, Christopher Bartolone, states “I was blessed enough to be there.”  In this video, two members of the third generation of this group share their memories.