Imperia commemorated the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Italy from Nazi-fascism.
The commemorations of April 25th, which began with the laying of laurel wreaths to the Plans at Monument to the fallen civilians and partisans of Val Prino and at the mausoleum of Resistence to the cemetery of Porto Maurizio is that of Onegliathen saw the official celebrations take place in Victory Squarein the presence of the highest civil and military authorities.
After the flag raising, the laying of the laurel wreath at the war memorial and its blessing, the prefect’s greeting was held Valerio Massimo RomeoThat of the mayor Claudio Scajola and the official oration of Franco Manzittijournalist and writer.
“79 years have passed since the liberation of Italy from Nazi-fascism. 79 years have passed since the end of the dictatorship and the reconquest of freedom“, he said Scajola
“Every year, for age reasons, we approach the moment in which the events remembered here will no longer be witnessed by the protagonists of the time. And it is precisely at that moment, when the living testimony fails, that the commitment of the institutions, starting from the schools, must become stronger. Avoiding the easy, but risky, path of rhetoric and that of meaningless notions“.
“The Resistance is not a historical fact like any other: it is not the battle of Thermopylae or the Hundred Years’ War. April 25th represents, for us Italians, a foundation of our society”.
“In this sense, the official speech by Franco Manzitti, historic and refined pen of Ligurian journalism, whom I thank for accepting the invitation, allowed us to reflect, with the elegance that distinguishes him, on the deeper meaning of today’s celebrations“.
“In the poster created this year for the celebrations there is a phrase by Piero Calamandrei ‘go to the mountains where the partisans fell because our Constitution was born there’”.
“From that sacrifice, especially of young people of the most diverse origins and cultural backgrounds, the newborn Republic was able to take inspiration to give the best of itself. All the political forces were able to put aside their ideological differences, which were much more significant at the time than today, to build the common home of the new Italy.
“Those who today bend the meaning of April 25th to their liking, in one way or another, betray those values of unity and cohesion that represented the Liberation and the beginning of the republican and democratic experience.
April 25th is not, cannot and must not be a divisive day. April 25th is a holiday for Italians, for everyone“.
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