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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social

Most Americans don’t know this, but Italy almost declared war on the US in 1891 after locals in New Orleans murdered 11 Italian immigrants. The Italian government demanded the murderers be prosecuted, the US declined. Eventually to diffuse the diplomatic crisis, President Benjamin Harrison… 1/2

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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social

…agreed to pay the murder victims’ families monetary reparations and declare a national holiday in honor of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.(yep, that’s how we got it folks). Congress and the public opposed Harrison’s actions. 2/2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_Ne...

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