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Sicily; Trinacria [1]: Use: Civil and state flag: Proportion: 13:20 (as shown above), 2:3 or 3:5: Adopted: 4 January 2000 (): Design: Divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red and the lower triangle is yellow; in the center is the Sicilian triskelion featuring the winged head of Medusa with three ears of wheat protruding from it.
Sicilian immigrants brought with them their own unique culture, including theatre and music. Giovanni De Rosalia was a noted Sicilian American playwright in the early period and farce was popular in several Sicilian dominated theatres. In music Sicilian Americans would be linked, to some extent, to jazz. Three of the more popular cities for ...
Martin Scorsese came from a working class Sicilian-American family, hailing from the Sicilian town of Polizzi Generosa; his father Luciano Charles Scorsese (1913–1993) was a pants presser in New York's garment district. He struggled to earn enough money to attend university, but has shown enormous gratitude to his parents for helping him ...
1st Flag of The Kingdom of Sicily under The Crown of Aragon: The Aragonese Senyera in the first and fourth quarters and the Eagle of Sicily in the second and third quarters. 1290–1555 2nd Flag of The Republic of Siena A Horizontal Bicolour of white and black. 1296–1410 2nd Flag of The Kingdom of Sicily under The Crown of Aragon
One of the most recognizable moments in American history was the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima during WWII. The moment was captured on camera by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal ...
At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Giuseppe Garibaldi was a very popular figure. The 39th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, of whose 350 members were Italian, was nicknamed Garibaldi Guard in his honor. The unit wore red shirts and bersaglieri plumes.