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Along with Italian influences in the United States, Italians too have been influenced by American culture and personalities. Pietro Casini was an Italian merchant who lived in Florence. Outside his “Magazzino Roosevelt” storefront, an homage to the former president, Casini was photographed in 1915 dressed as President Theodore Roosevelt along with a United State flag and small picture of Roosevelt.
Biographies & Portraits
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have displayed a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
Long before the emergence of the United States and Italy as nations, close connections between our two peoples influenced political...
Edith Kermit Carow knew Theodore Roosevelt from infancy; as a toddler she became a playmate of his younger sister Corinne....
Assuming the presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in...
Jimmy Carter promised a government "as competent, as compassionate, as good" as the American people. His achievements were notable, but...
With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest president in the nation's history. He brought...
Like Theodore Roosevelt before him, Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the...
April showers might bring May flowers, but White House florists keep the executive mansion in bloom year round. Today the...
“That Manila could lend anything to Washington may be an idea that would surprise some persons, but the Luneta is an...
Clothes provide a barometer of life, livelihood, status, and culture. They tie the wearer to a moment in history. The...