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CONTESSA ENTELLINA SOCIETY New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Founded in 1896 |
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HISTORY After immigrating to New Orleans,
the Contessioti flourished and they became a successful, but still a smaller
part of the growing City of New Orleans, they became acutely nostalgic for their village
of Contessa Entellina and nostalgic about their ancient language, traditions and heritage.
Therefore, to reunite friends and family in this Crescent City where they now lived, on the
morning of September 8, 1886, several Arbreshe New Orleanians
joined together and formed the Contessa Entellina Society. In the early years, the Society provided dental and
medical services and initial orientation to its members and new immigrants |
