My Cousin the Saint | Justin Catanoso » Teddy Roosevelt http://www.justincatanoso.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:30:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Il terremoto http://www.justincatanoso.com/2008/12/28/il-terremoto/ http://www.justincatanoso.com/2008/12/28/il-terremoto/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:51:21 +0000 justin http://www.justincatanoso.com/?p=260 Another anniversary, and a terrible one — the 100th anniversary of the worst earthquake to strike Western Europe, before or since. It struck today, in 1908 in the Strait of Messina, virtually obliterating the city of Messina in Sicily and doing nearly the same amount of damage in Reggio di Calabria. Tens of thousands were killed. Padre Gaetano was a parish priest in Pentidattilo at the time and barely escaped injury. The devastation was widespread and longlasting. It was decades before the two main cities were rebuilt.

MORE on the American response to the devastating earthquake here and the role of President Teddy Roosevelt, thanks to Joe Guarino.

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