Word: salzarulo
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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...Giuseppe Sullo, had built a new church tower for the town at a cost of $12,000, expecting that this would encourage Bisaccia to recast the bell. (It didn't.) After World War II, Louis decided to recast the bell in honor of his son Major Raymond Salzarulo, who was killed at Midway. Louis sent $500 to Don Guerrizzo, the parish priest...
...these was a cobbler named Luigi Salzarulo. He arrived in Richmond in 1907, became known as Louis instead of Luigi, and got a job as section laborer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. His subsequent career was such that one Italian journalist referred to him as "one of the most esteemed and respected citizens of the United States . . . [He] started life as a navvy, and ended up with the splendor of gold of a stationmaster's braid...
Last week, Bisaccesi hung their brightest bedquilts like flags on the window sills, and went down to hear the Archbishop of Conza bless the bright, new-shining bell. On hand, mopping his forehead with a handkerchief of many colors, sat Louis Salzarulo of Richmond Ind. "Isn't it wonderful of old Luigi," said one villager, "to have the money to have the bell mended...
...will we forget his son." Then Louis presented a bronze plaque from the city council of Richmond that summed up the years he had been away. It read: "To the people of Bisaccia, Italy, in recognition of the high esteem in which we hold your native son . . . Louis Salzarulo...
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