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# 68 • SEPTEMBER 21 , 2015
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THE INTERVIEW:
PHILIP DINOVO
Upstate New York, home of many many
Italian Americans
New York is no doubt the State with the
highest number of Italian Americans in
the country. Nevertheless, even if almost
everybody seems to be interested just in
New York City, in Upstate New York there
is a huge Italian American population.
By Umberto Mucci
also a museum and cultural center that
celebrates our heritage and culture. As
often, this museum exists thanks to a visionary pioneer who founded it and still
volunteer there: Professo r Philip DiNovo.
Philip, you are the founder and President
In Albany, the Capital city of the Empire of the American Italian Heritage AssoState, about 150 miles north to Manhat- ciation and Museum in Albany, NY. Can
tan there is plenty of them; and there is you tell us something about the history
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