Columbus Day Parade, New York City
Dad and I marched in the Columbus Day Parade in New York City on Monday as part of the World Padulesi Association-- descendents of the town of Paduli in the province of Benevento, Italy. In fact, my father organized the entire affair for the WPA and we got to march up 5th Avenue from 44th Street to 80th Street with the president of the province. For those of you who didn't know (but can guess), the Columbus Day Parade is a big to-do for Italian Americans. He might have been financed by the Spaniards, but Columbus was Italian. You may thank him for what led to the genocide of our Native American population. But, ignore that statement-- I don't want to ruin the mood!
The World Padulesi Association is big in Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY (where many Padulesi immigrants settled) and, get this, in Adelaide, Australia, where other Padulesi ventured. I promised Dad I'd take him to Adelaide one day to meet descendents and do genealogical research. Who knows, I may even have some Australian relatives I never knew about. Can anyone help me get my AU permanent residency visa???
posted by Roxie at Friday, October 13, 2006
3 Comments:
Ah come on Rox- getting an Australian residency visa can't be as hard as getting a US one- believe me I've done my research- although Canada is really quite easy to get into but its toooo cold there.
Just come to Australia as a hair dresser- we seem to need those- or talk to Arlette- she's in the know about the whole system now
if you got it straight away i think arlette would kill you!! shes trying very hard, maybe you can talk to manu's immigration lawyer
second parade i dont see any drag queens i nthis one!! Soph
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