Celebrating Italian-Americans on Columbus Day

Ramping up for the Columbus Day Parade on Monday, Italian-Americans gathered on Columbus Circle on Sunday to honor the first of their countrymen to land ashore in the new world.
Celebrating Italian-Americans on Columbus Day
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Italian-Americans stand beside the wreath to be placed at the foot of the Christopher Columbus monument in New York on Sunday.  (Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times)