English - 8 Ottobre 2017 Celebrating Columbus Day? I Prefer “Long Live Verdi” on 5th Avenue As an Italian born in Italy, I haven’t been able to become as passionate about Columbus as an Italian born and raised in America. My remarks on this debate on taking down or keeping up the statue are affected by the fact that I belong to that immigration wave of the “last Italians to arrive.” The Italian passion for Don Christopher is something I don’t share, but if I were to listen to a few notes of Don Peppino…