The Day of Remembrance Empty chairs in the square for exiles and martyrs

BRIDGE IN THE ALPS. “Day of Remembrance” Saturday in Ponte, to honor the memory of the martyrs of the sinkholes and to remember the forced exodus from the eastern border of Italy. The event saw the presence of the Vendramini Sindacoof vicesindaco Da Rolddell’councilor Pontelloof the councilor Collarin municipal, civil and military weapon associations and citizenship. “It was a simple ceremony – the organizers explained Anvgd e Committee 10 February for which they intervened Noemi D’Incà e Alessandro Farina – we commemorated the martyrs of the sinkholes and the sacrifice of the exiles of Fiume, Istria and Dalmatia, forced to abandon lands that have always been very Italian ».

The ceremony was further enriched by the reading of poems by the councilor Pontello and Francesca Bortoluzzi. The president of the C10F, Noemi D’Incà, then recalled some of the most significant figures: Norma Cossettowhose death is remembered on 4-5 October, Marinellathe little girl who died at one year in the Padriciano refugee camp, Giuseppe Micheletti known as Geppino, the doctor who assisted the wounded in the Vergarolla massacre, where the bodies of his two children also lay helpless. For them a row of empty chairs.