Italians in Boston's North End
with Anthony Sammarco, author of Boston's North End
Wednesday, October 8, at 6:30 pm
North End Branch of the Boston Public Library
35 Parmenter Street, Boston
Free and open to all
Beginning after the Civil War, Boston's population increased dramatically through both matriculation as well as through immigration. In fact, Boston's population in 1870 was 250,000, of which one-half were immigrants or the children of immigrants. Among the many immigrant groups were the Irish, German, British Isles, Canadian, and Italian.
The North End, so welcoming of immigrants since the early 19th century, had become known as "Little Italy" by 1900 and had a large population of people who traced their ancestry to Southern Italy. During this time, the North End saw the Paul Revere House become the Banca Italiana and the F.A. Goduti Cigar Factory. The neighborhood would evolve over the years, but still has a cachet as an Italian American neighborhood. In this illustrated lecture, historian Anthony Sammarco will trace the Italians coming to Boston who created a thriving neighborhood in Boston.
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