The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-04
THIS is GARIBALDI DAY, TOO
PANTHEON TO BE DEDICATED AT
his STATEN ISLAND HOME.
Nearly Twenty Men stan Alive In tho City
VINO Fought with Him-Recoilections
or His Life as q Candle lake and ven-
lures as q sailor while He Wal I'm Exile.

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or His Life as q Candle Maker ~ Ven.
lures as q sailor while He war I'm Exile.
This ia Garibaldi day in New York as well
as the Fourth. for it 10 the one hundredth
anniversary of the birth Of the Italian
liberator. 1t is Garibaldi day here because
down at Clifton on Staten Island a great
throng Of people Of Italian birth and de-
scent will gather TO dedicate a pantheon to
Garibaldi inc to glorify his name and
deeds on the spot where he lived during
parts Of three years from 1850 to 1864.
The pantheon will enclose the house
in which Garibaldi lived and will contain
relics Of the patriot. the old kettle at which
he used TO work as a candlemaker. the old
red shirt he wore while he was defending
the republic Of Rome in 1s4s. some walking
sticks and other mementoes. There will be
music and speechmaking and at night fire.
works. Nearly all the Italian societies will
turn out and a delegation of almost 1000 is
expected from Philadelphia.
When the dedication of the building Is
complete a grand banner presented by
Frank De Caro- will be unfurled on the pam
theon and a salute Of twenty-one guns will
he fred. The Giuseppe Garibaldi Society
OF Nldltn lSihnu mas III dubT III CuuI No
ard will dress in Garibaldi uniforms.
One Of the special features Of the day
will he the presence Of more tban a dozen
veterans Of the Italian revolution who
fought with the great commander. At
one time there we're fully $50 Garibaldi
veterans in New York. There was a much
larger number OF veterans Of the various
wars for the unihcation OF Italy. but OF
men who actually fought with Garibaldi
probably not more han $50. These men
have now dwindled to about a score. Here
are some of them who will be the heroes
ui to-day: Clemente Volta. Carmelo Clan
none. Giuseppe Alfnito, Lorenzo Bonomo,
salvatore Bonfiglio. Antonio Enrico. Clio
yanni Batta Borea, Antonio Prolific, Bar
tolomeo Pompiarni, Saverio Iorio. Alfonso
dAquin, Angelo de Nuzzo. Rosario Peri,
Matteo Caselli, Giuseppe Caselli and Giu-
seppe d'Amico,
OF course every Italian hereabouts
knows that once Garibaldi lived on Staten
Island. Thousands Of well informed Amer
Jeans know it and hundreds OF those who
sni 10 Journey to Clifton to partake OF
one Of those marvellous dinners that Lazzari
served up on the hill a short way from the
house where Garibaldi lived-Lazzari moved
lecause the Gayibaldi house got too small
for his business -and saw there the Carl
taldi bust and the old candle kettle out in
the ward knew about Garibaldi in America.
Pit the great mass OF Americans. even
those who had heard abou it. have known
little Of the Italian patriots life here.
Few also know that il was once Garibaldi's
ambition to become an American citizen.
plan that was interfered with only because
he saw the opportunity TO renew his work
for Italy. Garibaldi was a sailor by pro-
fession, not a soldier. When a boy he used
to shudder as he saw soldiers. Their BUSH
ness was 30 kill. and he didn't like it. He
loved the sea. overcame his fathers objeo-
tons to t:ch a calling and at the age OF IA
shipped as a cabin boy. Ten years later
he was q master mariner. He was born at
Nice on July 4. 1907. He served in the
Italian navy. He became imbued with revo-
lutionary ideas as q follower Of Mazzini and
Joined Mazzirh's secret society Young
Italy, He had to fee and the first time
he ever saw his name in a newspaper wal
when u was published with a sentence
Ga1baidi went to South America in 1880
70 hght for the Republic Of Rio Grande do
Sui against Braxtl. For twelve years he
was In the service OF Uruguay as a soldier
and sailor. In 1913 he returned to Italy TO
hight for the short lived Republic Of Rome.
1t went down. and again he had to fee. As
q hunted guerrilla, he saw his devoted wife.
Anita, die by his side in the marshes. He
reached New York in 1850 and found here
hundreds OF expatriated Italians. He sought
the quiet of Staten Island, where he used to
romp with the children and dream Of Italian
liberty.
The Americans soon found him out and
offered him . public reception. He declined
IL modestly, told how much he would appre-
date . public manifestation Of sympathy,
eIiled a. he was from his native and and
my oountrys nbsrty By foreign inter.
vention' and then saying:
Yet believe me, I would rather avoid 10
1.-The receptionl, content that 1t be allowed
mo TRANQUILITY and humbly. to become Q
citizen Of this great republic Of tree men.
70 sail under it's flag, to engage In It's CON-
meroe in order to earn my livelihood. and
70 await q moment more favorable for the
redemption Of my country from oppressors,
domestic and foreign
Then he said he thought It, would be
how I have honestly and faithfully served
the cause OK liberty, in which they them
selves have given such a noble example
The foregoing extract is from a Isster
s H.DsS T 70 the June re- os nr,ir,d in . an article rdc.s by ,
a description Of Garibaldi's appearance
at that time, when he was AZ, written by
Theodore Dwight, his friend and American
oiographer. This said.
-Garibaldi has a broad and round fore |
head; q straight and almost perpendicular
nose, not too small, but Of delicate form; |
heavy brown mustache and beard, which
conceal the lower part Of his face; a full.
round chest; free athletic movements, |
notwithstanding i'll health and a rheumatism
which disables his right arm; q full, lark eye, |
steady, penetrating and pensive, but mild
and friendly; an easy, natural, rank and
u~nassuming carriage, with q courteous
nod and a ready grasp OF the hand. " .
As | left his company Garibaldi raised my |
mind and impressed my heart in q manner
altogether. new, surprising and indescrib-
able.
such was the name OF man who sought
out retirement in Clifton with his friend
Antonio Meucci, who il believed by many |
men 20 ave been the real inventor of the
telephone. Garibaldi could not endure
~idleness and he suggested that he and his
fellow eXiles should go 20 work Meucci
started a sausage factory. IL failed. Then
a candle factory was started and that was
successful. Garibaldi did manual labor.
Giovanni p. Morosini, the banker, was
starting out in life then down on Staten
Island and many a time he helped Garibaldi