Cavaliere Vincenzo Lentini, Founder of the Italian War Veterans of World War I

Cavaliere Vincenzo Lentini, Founder of the Italian War Veterans of World War I

Italian Americans, Community Leaders

He [Vincenzo Lentini] was instrumental in having Italian Veterans to obtain their war decorations from Italy. Prior to the author [Joseph R. Muratore] becoming the Vice Consul for Rhode Island, Cav. Lentini was the Italian Consular correspondent for Rhode Island. He was a very dedicated and tireless worker for whatever project he undertook. He was active in many Italian-American patriotic endeavors, and was an outstanding orator in Italian. He was decorated, in 1966 , by the Italian government, who named him Cavaliere, in the Order of the Merit of the Republic of Italy. Vincenzo was born in Casamassima Bare, Italy, on October 13, 1896, the son of Francesco Lentini and Maria Paolai (Barone) Lentini. He graduated from the Victor Emanuele Technical Institute in Melfi Potenza, Italy. On November 8, 1923 he married Antoneete (Mariorano) Lentini, in Providence, and they were the parents of three children, Mary Estelle Salvatore, Grace Dolores Curtellessa and Robert Joseph.

Joseph R. Muratore, Tony Vicario

Muratore, Joseph. Italian Americans in Rhode Island Volume II. Charleston, Chicago, Portsmouth, San Fransisco: Arcadia Publishing., 2000.

Arcadia Publishing

1976

Joseph R. Muratore Collection

Photograph

English

JM-IAIRI-II-1976XXXX-P-122

Providence, Rhode Island