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Speaking Costumes
Pietro left the hall after rehearsals on Nov. 23, 1944, and found men oozing into his tent.
He pushed his way inside and was amazed their small space could hold so many. Antonio’s invitation via the grapevine to listen to “big news” had spread like the invitation to Pietro’s impromptu carnival a lifetime ago.
Churchill’s dry monotone to the American people on Thanksgiving Day was one desperately needed to give his Italian friends hope. He’d come to love these men, and their happiness was important to him, in spite of his own shattered soul.
“He is thanking the Americans for joining the European war. It’s going to be over soon. We will all go home. To Italy where we all belong,” Antonio relayed to the newcomers. The men cheered. Antonio looked like he was personall
