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We continue to do an Italian Language
school for students every Summer financed by our commission, and we bring in
Italian language teachers and professors
to educate students in Italian language
and culture. We've been doing that now
for 8 years, 2 weeks every Summer, and
it's called "La Mia Piazza": it teaches children basic Italian language.
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Besides, in Delaware, as well as in New
York and Philadelphia, fashion and design are important. We also value our
art, we have beautiful art museums and
the entire State is considered a National
Park.
Additionally wines are important here,
many of which are produced in Italy:
How is Made in Italy in Delaware? Is the- we buy them because we are the Italian
re a particular business sector that is bo- Commission and because we think Itaoming?
lian wines are the best!
Delaware has a very large agricultural
economy, including the production of
chickens and livestock, and of course
farming: soybean, corn and nursery products. We also are a center for science
and biotechnology. And of course, Delaware is also the Corporate Capital of
America: we have more corporations
established in the State of Delaware than
in any other State.
We have a very large banking business,
and we also have a very educated workforce: we have more people with PHDs
doctorates working in the State of Delaware than most other States.
We have a very popular and involved
Court system with our Delaware Court
of Chancery, our Superior Court and
our Supreme Court which litigate many
high profile cases, which are used in the
casebooks around the country to teach
law students about Corporate Law and
why Delaware is the Corporate Capital
of America.
From October to December 2014 we
welcomed in Wilmington about 120
some art masterpieces that had been
stolen by unscrupulous art traffickers and
then recovered by the Italian Guardia di
Finanza: mosaics, statues, jewelries, frescos, ceramics.
Many of the stories of these art pieces
were made popular in a movie starring
George Clooney called “Monuments
Men”, which is a very important historical documentary about Italy recovering
this stolen art, and this exhibit was open
to the public: it was the first time that recovered stolen art was accessible to citizens in the United States.
Delaware also has a very important role
in the history of the birth of the United
States: a history where Caesar Rodney,
an Italian American, played a key part…
The State of Delaware is very important
to the history of the United States because on December, 7th 1787 we were
the first State to ratify the United States
Constitution: then the other 12 original
colonies followed Delaware and we became the United States that everyone recognizes today. People should know that
it was Delaware that took initial steps to
get this process started!
he was suffering from facial cancer and
he was very sick. He literally had to tie
a handkerchief around his face because
his face was afflicted by cancer, and the
story goes that when he got to Philadelphia and cast his vote he collapsed right
after he voted for Independence!
Caesar (Cesare) Rodney signed on
behalf of Delaware the Declaration of Independence. He was actually Italian: he
was the individual who voted to break
the tie, for Independence, in Delaware's
delegation.
So, we still honor Caesar Rodney with
a beautiful statue in Rodney Square in
Wilmington and he also appears on the
back of our currency, on the quarter, riding his horse very fast from Delaware
to Philadelphia to cast his vote for Independence!
He rode on a horseback from Delaware to Philadelphia and when he did that
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