Interview of Angelo Santomaggio
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- Name: Angelo Santomaggio
- Place and date of birth: Avezzano (AQ) Italy, 01/20/1944
- Generation: Italian-born
- Family origin:
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- Grandparents: Avezzano, Abruzzo Italy
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- Parents: Fernando Santomaggio and Domenica Gallese (Avezzano, Abruzzo Italy)
- Spoken languages:
- English (proficient)
- Italian and Abruzzese dialect (native)
- Relocation in Florida: 01/1988
List of the Italian Expressions and Traditions Mentioned in the interview:
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buonuscita |
liquidation |
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morra |
Italian hand game |
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cappella |
mausoleum |
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sagna |
lasagna |
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tortellini |
meat stuffed pasta |
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Lasciatemi cantare, con la chitarra in mano, lasciatemi cantare. Sono un italiano. tutto qua |
Refrain of Italian song by Toto Cutugno: “Let me sing with my guitar in my hand, allow me to sing. I am an Italian.” That’s all. |
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TOPIC OF DISCUSSION |
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00:01 - 2:00 |
.Biographical information |
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2:44 - 5:00 |
Childhood: working on the farm and quitting school |
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5:00 - 7:00 |
Dreams of coming to America |
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7:40 - 10:00 |
Memories of working construction and starting a landscaping business in New York. |
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10:00 - 12:30 |
Accident on the job and selling the business |
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12:36 - 13:30 |
Buying property in New York |
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13:35 - 14:40 |
Remembering friends from Abruzzo who immigrated to Yonkers and the surrounding areas |
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14:40 - 15:40 |
Enjoying an Italian lifestyle in America: playing morra, gathering on the weekends |
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15:50 - 16:50 |
Family vacations with relatives in Italy |
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17:00 - 22:00 |
Soured relationships with siblings in Italy over money and property |
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22:00 - 23:00 |
Process of becoming an American citizen and change in sense of identity. |
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23:00 - 23:45 |
Visiting Avezzano as an American citizen |
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23:50 - 26:30 |
Trip to Italy in 2019 as an addio and only remaining wish to move his parents and sister to a different cemetery plot. |
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26:30 - 28:00 |
50 anniversary of coming to the US and discussion of favorite Italian things: food, song, drink. |
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28:00 - 28:40 |
The advantages and opportunities of being in America |
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28:40 |
Thank you and closing |