A Fall 2025 Highlight: Giving the Keynote Address at the Boston-area Italian Heritage Month Committee (IHMC) Annual Columbus Day Breakfast!

What an honor to be asked to deliver the keynote speech at the Italian Heritage Month Committee (IHMC) annual Columbus Day Breakfast. My remarks focused on why Columbus and his achievements are important to Italian-Americans, in particular, and should be celebrated by all Americans. I’m shown chatting with Arnaldo Minuti, Consul General of Italy in Boston; in the group shot with Richard Vita (left), President of the Italian Heritage Month Committee, and IHMC Chairman Kevin Caira; and in the large group shot with the entire committee. My thanks to the IHMC and the more than 80 people who attended this wonderful event – held at the Dante Alighieri Hall in Cambridge – despite heavy wind and rain. Mille grazie for the warm welcome the group gave to my wife Kate and me on this special day!