Noble Journey Sculpture:
Italy to America
Honoring Italian Immigrants & Culture in Boston's North End
With love and devotion, you can walk in the footsteps of your ancestors
About
We seek to install a bronze sculpture at St. Leonard Church (SLC) in Boston’s North End to symbolize the first steps down a gangway from Italy to America which Italian and other immigrants walked after crossing the Atlantic from the 1850’s to the 1920’s.
With love and devotion, you can walk in the footsteps of your ancestors whose dream it was to make a better social, economic, and spiritual life for themselves, their families and their future. These footprints lead directly into the first Italian Catholic Church in New England which they built in 1873 for their spiritual guidance, and to grow their new community. Now, St. Leonard Church is the congregation of Sacred Heart and St. Stephen Church, St. Mary Chapel, and St. John’s parochial school. It is also the hub for spiritual collaboration by the North End’s well-known religious societies. SLC is in the heart of the North End with an iconic Peace Garden.
It will remind all visitors of the values, challenges, courage, and dedication it took to make their vision a reality, and inspire its continuity and evolution.
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Location: St. Leonard Church, Hanover Street
An initiative by The North End Historical Society, Friends of the North End, the late Dr. Michael Annunziata, we are excited to collaborate with award winning sculptor, Nancy Schön, to initiate this public art project to honor the legacy of 175 years of Italian immigration and culture of the North End in the 19th to the 21st centuries.
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About The Artist
Nancy Schön is an internationally recognized public art sculptor, known for her warm evocative representations of human and animal figures. She is best known for the "Make Way For Ducklings" sculpture in the Boston Public Garden and the "Tortoise and Hare" in Copley Square.
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"When Mike Annunziata told me about this project, I knew I had to find a way to represent a universal idea of people seeking a new and better life for their families and future generations to come as it symbolizes the path Italian immigrants walked as they crossed the Atlantic to the U.S." - Nancy
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Click below to learn more about Nancy's work
Nancy's Story: Boston to Moscow
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How To Support This Project
Checks can be mailed to:
North End Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 130152, Boston, MA 02113
For more questions or if you wish to participate in the project, please contact NEHS Director, Dr. Anthony Cortese, adcortese@gmail.com
Thank You To Our Donors!
We are grateful to all the donors who graciously contributed to the Noble Journey
Sculpture reflecting the immigration history of the North End to be installed in the Peace
Garden of St. Leonard Church.
LEGACY ($5000+)
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Patricia Annino & Robert Carr
Michael Annunziata Family
Anne-Reet Annunziata
Laura Annunziata
Michael Peter Annunziata
Phyllis Annunziata Marks
Matt Conti
Keith Haggarty
NEAA, Ted Tomasone
LEADERSHIP ($2000+)
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Cosmo Capobianco
Anthony and Donna Cortese
Kathy DiMasi
Anthony Sammarco
Victor & Lucille Passacantilli
Sam & Gina LaGrassa
Barbara Resnek
Maria Fabrizio-Casey
North End VFW Post
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INSPIRATION ($1000+)
Brigitte Cazalis-Collins
Agnes Connors-Wiggins
Nicholas Cortese
Thomas & Rita Damigella
Frank DePasquale
Doug and Jean Dockery
Toni Gilardi,Gilardi Group
Italian American Alliance
Knight of Columbus Asounia
Anthony and Donna Puopolo
Rich Rose
Saint Joseph Society
Meredith Tipping (Sail Loft)
Heritage (Up to $1000)
Louis Costa Gus and Diane Pesaturo Richard Vita
Margot Cox Rita Pagliuca Frank and Lisa Waldron
Eastern Bank Paul Passacantilli Jr. Salvatore Vaudo Grandchildren
Nancy Frattaroli (Artu)) Anthony and Donna Puopolo
Julia Frost Pirandello Italian language Center
FONE (Friends of North End) Ralph Rose
Sean Flynn
Girl Friends of North End Marilyn Ross
Joseph & Fernando Giangregorio Richard and Lisa Settipane
IA Prime Marie Simboli
O.V.N.T. Company Margo Seligman
Supporter (Up to $500)
Arthur & Claire Alba
Robert Agrippino
Patricia & Michael Abelson
Vito Aluia
Dom Amara
Vincent and Susan Amato
B.Amore
Anthony Antidormi
Mario Antidormi
Angela Aquilino
Frank Ardito
Mathew Bamonte
Anthony Barrasso
Darlene Barbour
Guy Batista
Frances Bechtold
Laura Benvenuto
Robin Birdwell and Mark Fixley
Carol Bogard
Rita and Bob Bowen
Joseph Boschetto
Peter Braun
Johanne Brogna
Victor Brogna
Anne Bromer
Hollace Bristol
Cantina Restaurant
Kathia Capellupo
Donna Marie Carifio
Robert Carbone
Davida Carvin
Alexander Casale
Jean Casale
Ken Casale
Robert and Marina Cacici
John & Lori Chaffee
Brigette Cazalis-Collins
Anthony Cintolo
John Chirichiello
Robert Chiota
Gabriela Coletta
Michael Collins
Michael Columba
Frank and Mary Colvario
Angela Corbett
John Corey
Pamela Corolla
Nick Cortese III.
Marcy Corwin
Anthony and Floreen Cucinatti
Dom Cucinotta
Cunningham Family
Gerard D’Alessandro
Paul Dabene
Greg and Nicole Damigella
Richard Delliago
Nick Dello Russo
Deb & Rick Dellovo
John and Celeste DeMarco
Gregory DeRosa
Richard DeSantis
Richard DiBenedetto
Nick DiMasi
Sal DiMasi
Cosmo DiSchino
Maria D'Itria
Dolce Vita/ Franco Graceffa
Pam Donnaruma
Donne 2000
Paul Donato
Mark Dube Family
Mary Efferen
Mary Ann Engel
Alfredo Federico
Armando Federico
Mario Federico
Margaret Feriara
Maureen Ferris
Marilem Ferentinos
David Fletcher
Sean Flynn
Alan and Whitney Frent
Fresh Valley Foods
Dagmar Friedman
FONE (South)
Peggy Fucillo
Teresa Gallinaro
Francine and James Gannon
Virginia & George Gardner
Gaudio Family Gift shop
Mike Gentile
Jane Gibbon
Jean Gibran
Louis Camile Gilardi
Flo Giudara
Rose Giammarco
Sol Gittleman
Lisa Thurau Gray
Jennifer Grella
Anthony Greco
John Guarieri
Ragnhild Gundersen
Deborah Hall
Virginia Hartwell
Nancy Healy
Martha Heller-Winokur
Gerald & Margaret Hendrick
Martha Hinkley
Kirsten Hoffman
Ellen Hume
Iam Books
Fran Ingeme-Bechtold
Julie Ischia
Frances Hopkins Irwin
Andy Iovanna
Joanne &Haskell Jaffe
Linda & Carl Jenkins
Carmella Juianello
Frank Julianello
Fiorella Kaloust
Elizabeth Keller
Jackie King
Michelle and David Komm
Monika Kratzmann
David Kubiak
Maria LaCavalla
Edward Laconte
Charles LaRocca
Jeannie & Charles La Rossa
Arthur Lauretano
Karen Lauretano
Henry Lee
Anita Lincoln
LoPiccolo Family
Anthony Lori
Anthony Lucreziano
Dorothy Malcolm
Sylvia Mallory
Gus & Barbara Marino
Jimmy Martorano
Henry McCall
Dorene McCourt
Catherine McDonnell
John McKenna
Sylvia Mallory
Noreen Marton
Joseph & Nancy Matorano
Joseph &Angela Mantone
Peter Masucci
Aaron Michlewitz
Randolph Miller
Teresa Mirabito
William Mirabito
Pamela Miraglia
Vincent Musto
Kurt Nelson
Sandra Nelson
North End Health Center
Paula O'Brien
Terese O’Connell
June Olsen
Gasper Ostuni
David Paglia
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Anthony Pallotta
John Paone
Ellen Parker
Frank Pasciuto
Alec Passacantilli
Robert and Angela Passacantilli
Bianca Passacantilli
Carla Passacanti
Domenic Passacantilli De Luca
Julie Giganti Passacantilli
Mark and Louise Passacantilli
Lisa Passacantilli
Lucille Giganti Passacantilli
Paul and Angela Passacantilli
Victor Passacantilli, Jr.
Brian Patacchiola
Joyce Pedi
George Pesaturo
Barbara Peterlin
Paul Petruccelli
Piccolo Nido
Pirandello Lyceum
Domenic Piso
Polcari Coffee/Bobby Eustace
Prezza Restaurant
Renee Pollack
Robert Powers
Daniel Prawdzik
Stephen Puleo
Karen and Dan Puopolo
Paul Puopolo
Robert and Michelle Ricciardi
Liz Reece
Ristorante Saraceno
Miguel Rosales
Sabrina Rossi
David Rothhauser
Richard Ruggiero
Geno Sabbio
Teresa Sabbio
Vincent Sabella
Julie Saide
Saint Leonard Italian School
Dominic & Linda Sacchetti
Salumeria Italiana
Joseph Sarno
Steven Santoro
Nick Savino
Aimee Scorziello
Thomas Schiavoni
Andrew Schon
Ellen Schon
Susan Schon
Robert Shamma
Heather Sharp
Susan Silberberg
Richard Sinopoli
Societa Santa Maria DiAnzano
Ed Strong
Eileen and Ellen Sylvia
Kirsten Teland
Joseph & Kathleen Vita
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Spinelli Rita Roberto
Dianne Royale
Margie Saranza
Robert Shamma
Julia Shea
Jeannie & Stephen Skiffington
James Stork
Dick Suker
Frank Tempesta
Andrea Thomajan
Michele Topor
Audrey Tortolani
Angelo Troisi
Elizabeth Vainer
Gil Van Geyte
Paul and Diane Viscione
Samuel Viscione
Lidia Vitiello
Andrea Waldstein
Bob Watts
Steven Willinger
Andrea and Rich Winslow