"Immigrant" Charlie Brown - St. Paul, MN
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N 44° 56.514 W 093° 06.081
15T E 492004 N 4976501
A tribute to St. Paul's Little Italy neighborhood using a St. Paul native's character as the medium.
Waymark Code: WM4TXA
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2008
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In order to honor the immigrants who founded St. Paul's Little Italy, this bronze statue of Charlie Brown casts our favorite bald-headed boy as if he has just disembarked the ship that brought him to Ellis Island from his native Italy - with Woodstock as his travelling companion.
The plaque reads:
Charlie Andiamo Americano
A symbol of the memory
Dal 1820-1965
For all our Italian ancestors who left their homes in heartache, in the hopes of living the American Dream. Armed with courage, strength, and blind faith, these immigrants came to homestead on what became known as St. Paul’s Little Italy, “The Levee,” around 1900. In appreciation of their spirit and desire to provide loved ones with a better life, we honor them as the first Italian American homestead with this tribute.
DEDICATED IN PRIDE WITH A DEEP LOVE OF BEING ITALIAN AMERICAN
The Cossetta Famiglia The Mancini Famiglia
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