In the afternoon of 6 June, in the presence of the Interregional Commander of South Western Italy of the Guardia di Finanza, General of the Army Corps Rosario Lorusso and of the Regional Commander of Sicily, General of Division Cosimo Di Gesù, of the Prefect of Caltanissetta, Doctor Chiara Armenia , and the Mayor of the Municipality of Caltanissetta, Architect Roberto Gambino, the naming ceremony of the square in front of the driveway entrance of the “Capitano Enrico Franco” Barracks took place, naming it “Largo Fiamme Gialle”, approved by the Municipal Administration within of the initiatives to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Corps. The event was also attended by the Acting President of the Court of Appeal, Dr. Giuseppe Melisenda Giambertoni, the Attorney General, Dr. Fabio D’Anna, the Chief Prosecutor of the Republic, Dr. Salvatore De Luca, the Police Commissioner and numerous Civil and Military Authorities. of Caltanissetta, as well as a large representation of the Fiamme Gialle of the Nissena Province in service and on leave. During the short but heartfelt ceremony, together with His Excellency the Prefect and the Mayor of Caltanissetta, the Interregional Commander of South Western Italy of the Guardia di Finanza, Army Corps General Rosario Lorusso, spoke and expressed his thanks to the Authorities present and to all members of the Corps of the province of Nisse who daily commit themselves to reaffirming the values of legality. General Lorusso also recalled how naming a city street after the Fiamme Gialle is customary in many Italian cities where the Corps barracks are located and recalled the memory of the soldiers of the Alpine Rescue of the Guardia di Finanza, who recently fell in service in the province of Sondrio and the sacrifice of the Financier Scelto Scontrino, who died in Caltanissetta during the bombings of July 1943. The event was also the opportunity to proceed with the delivery by the National Councilor of the National Association of Italian Financiers for Sicily , Brigadier General (auxiliary) Umberto Rocco, of the meritorious member card to Dr. Maria Grazia Vagliasindi, former President of the Court of Appeal of Caltanissetta, who underlined the non-fungibility of the Guardia di Finanza as an economic-financial garrison of the country and the irreplaceable contribution of the Corps to all the activities of the Judicial Order in the criminal and civil fields. The event culminated in the unveiling of the toponymic plaque naming the Largo Fiamme Gialle, by His Excellency the Prefect of Caltanissetta, together with the Interregional Commander, the Regional Commander of Sicily and the Mayor of Caltanissetta with the solemn blessing officiated by Monsignor Onofrio Castelli, Vicar General of the Bishop of Caltanissetta and by the Military Chaplain Don Antonino Pozzo who recited the Financier’s Prayer. The ceremony, which is part of the celebrations connected to the 250th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Guardia di Finanza, then concluded with the delivery, by Mr. Rosario Gentile, President of the Xirbi (CL) Fire Fighting Civic Volunteers Association, of a olive tree intended for the “repopulation” of the Franco Barracks Park as part of the polis ecological redevelopment project. The importance of this moment was underlined by the Provincial Commander of Caltanissetta, Colonel Stefano Gesuelli, precisely because the Xirbi Fire Fighting Association was the first to intervene and control a dangerous interface fire, which developed last summer in the Franco Barracks Park . GAETANO MILINO
