Shared from the U.S. Navel Forces Europe Band:
As the world fights the coronavirus together, we want to pay tribute to our Italian host nation with this performance of a classic Neapolitan song known the world over, O Sole Mio. We dedicate our performance to our Italian allies and partners. Because today is the World Health Organization’s "World Health Day", we also want to recognize healthcare workers around the world, fighting on the front lines to defeat the virus. Thank you all for what you are doing every day.
#COVID19Italia #SocialDistancing #WorldHealthDay ... See more

🇺🇸❤️🇮🇹 Mentre il mondo combatte il coronavirus insieme, vogliamo rendere omaggio alla nostra nazione ospitante italiana con questa esibizione di una classica canzone napoletana conosciuta in tutto il mondo, O Sole Mio. Dedichiamo la nostra esibizione ai nostri alleati e partner italiani. Poiché oggi è la "Giornata mondiale della salute" delle Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità vogliamo anche riconoscere gli operatori sanitari di tutto il mondo, che combattono in prima linea per sconfiggere il virus. Grazie per la vostra forza e tenacia con cui combattete ogni giorno contro questo difficile problema.

As the world fights the coronavirus together, we want to pay tribute to our Italian host nation with this performance of a classic Neapolitan song known the world over, O Sole Mio. We dedicate our performance to our Italian allies and partners. Because today is the World Health Organization’s "World Health Day", we also want to recognize healthcare workers around the world, fighting on the front lines to defeat the virus. Thank you all for what you are doing every day.
#COVID19Italia #SocialDistancing #WorldHealthDay ... See more

If you're not cooking your traditional Easter dinner this year because the family isn't getting together, consider supporting and ordering your Easter dinner from one of your local #ItalianRestaurants, which are offering pasta, lamb, dessert and more.
Many Italian restaurants listed on our site are accepting orders until this Thursday so don't wait! Visit https://bit.ly/3dz4I2X. ... See more

Although traditional cuisine varies from region to region for Easter in Italy, there are a few dishes that have become widely popular for the pasqua celebration. See if you already have the ingredients for some of these recipes so you don't have to make a trip to the store this year: https://bit.ly/2VbR8d8. ... See more

On April 6th in 2009, residents of Italy’s mountainous Abruzzo region were woken in the early morning hours by an earthquake that shook the very foundations of their lives. The magnitude 6.3 quake resulted in 308 deaths, more than 1,500 injured and the displacement of 65,000 people. At the University of L’Aquila, administration buildings and residence halls collapsed, with eight students dying in just one dormitory. We will never forget that day.

In response to the tragedy, the NIAF/Abruzzo Relief Fund raised nearly $800,000 for relief efforts, while a public-private partnership between NIAF and the State Department helped bring 52 displaced University of L’Aquila students to the United States to continue their studies at American universities. NIAF was chosen by the U.S. State Department to lead this initiative.

To see other relief efforts NIAF has led and supported in the past, visit: https://bit.ly/2wodHmM. To see what NIAF is doing for coronavirus relief efforts, visit: https://bit.ly/3dnHCMh. ... See more

Half a millennium after his death, April 6, 1520, Raphael became Italy's greatest cultural victim of the coronavirus which had his exhibits, after several years of planning, shut down in Italy and the United States: https://bit.ly/34deWld. ... See more

Italy celebrates the 500th anniversary of the death of the High Renaissance artist Raphael, however the world's greatest Raphael show in Rome is sadly closed on this milestone.

Happy #CarbonaraDay! If you don't already have your preferred carbonara recipe, try Celebrity Chef Mary Ann Esposito's #athome: https://bit.ly/2Re3LmM.

Today is Palm Sunday and the start of "Settimana Santa" or Holy Week, that leads up to Easter. Although this image of people celebrating with olive branches cannot be reproduced this year, may the spirit of the day remain with you at home. All services for Holy Week will be live streamed from the Vatican through Vatican News: https://bit.ly/2UEY5nZ.
For a history of Palm Sunday in Italy and why it is more common to wave olive branches instead of palms, visit: https://bit.ly/2UGEhAU. ... See more

Send us your favorite Italian restaurants offering curbside, delivery or pick-up in your community! Since NIAF launched this initiative last month, people have submitted dozens of restaurants from 23 states nationwide. Let's support Italian restaurants in all 50.

Email media@niaf.org the following:
Restaurant Name
Location (city and state)
Website

See the running list here: https://bit.ly/3dz4I2X ... See more

From the extensive Vatican collection to Roman ruins, here are six beautiful Italian museums in Italy that you can visit online, curated by Natalie Aldern Kennedy of An American in Rome: https://bit.ly/3aDWcxn. ... See more

NIAF is partnering with Sogno Toscano Olive Oil & Italian Specialties to give you 10% off your order from sognotoscano.com! Skip the line and the crowded supermarkets--buy the same authentic products and have them delivered to your door.
All you have to do is enter our discount code NIAF10 to receive the 10% discount. You will also help the Foundation because for every purchase that uses our discount, NIAF receives a percentage from the sale to help us continue our mission through these times.
So order your Italian go-to basics and delicacies at sognotoscano.com. ... See more