Today in NYC it’s Pietro Cesare Alberti Day! On this day in 1635, the gentleman in question arrived in what was then New Netherland and became the first Italian American. You will find the name spelled a zillion different ways, with the Christian names often Anglicized to “Peter Ceasar” and the last name variously rendered […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:31AM on June 2, 2016