Garibaldi Memorial

Garibaldi Memorial (HM2KUJ)

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N 40° 36.91', W 74° 4.434'

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This house was the home of the Italian liberator, Giuseppe Garibaldi, who fled to America after the collapse of the republic in Italy in 1849. He came to Staten Island in 1850 and lived here with his friend, Antonio Meucci, who worked on the development of the telephone. They eked out a living making candles in the back yard. In 1860, Garibaldi, with the "One Thousand," freed Sicily and southern Italy, and lived to see Italy unified. the Order of the Sons of Italy in America, bought the house in 1956 for a memorial museum.
Plaque provided by the New York Community Trust, 1971
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HM NumberHM2KUJ
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Year Placed1971
Placed ByNew York Community Trust
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Date Added Sunday, September 15th, 2019 at 8:04pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 578338 N 4496450
Decimal Degrees40.61516667, -74.07390000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 36.91', W 74° 4.434'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 36' 54.6" N, 74° 4' 26.04" W
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