Italiano 411

Italiano 411: Italians and Italian Americans make a difference.

In 1903, Italo Marcioni was a push-cart vendor selling Italian ice in New Jersey when he came up with the idea for a pastry cone to hold the dessert. In December of that year, he patented the ICE CREAM CONE.
Antonio Meucci invented the telephone in 1871, five years before Alexander Graham Bell. He was so poor, however, that he didn't have the money to file for a patent. It would have cost about $25.00
John Basilone is the only enlisted Marine in US history to win both the Navy Cross and the US Congressional Medal of Honor. These are the two highest honors a military person can earn. He died in World War II at the Battle of Iwo Jima.
in 1967, Jim Delligatti invented the Big Mac at his first McDonalds restaurant in Philadelphia. It sold for 45 cents.
Famous artist Georgia O'Keeffe was of Italian descent. Her mother was named Ida Totto, and Georgia was named after her mother's father, Georgio Totto.
Two Italian Americans signed the Declaration of Independence: Cesar Rodney of Delaware, and William Paca of Maryland.
In November 1930, Italian American Amadeo Giannini founded Bank of America, now one of the 12 largest banks on the planet.
A monk, Luca Pacioli is considered the father of accounting. He is credited with inventing double-entry bookkeeping.

Honorary Vice Consul Vincenzo Enrico De Nardo
6255 W. Northwest Highway - No. 304
Dallas, TX 75225
Tel: (214) 368-4113

This is the Italian Flag. It is NOT the flag of Mexico where someone just forgot add the eagle and the snake to the middle!

Google Translate: English to Italian
The Italian American: L'Italo Americano
Website of the Italian Embassy in Washington DC

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