The Italian American Veterans Museum lost one of its staunchest supporters with the passing of Angeline Imbrogno. Angie and her husband, Ralph (pictured), were among the museum’s founding board members. A longtime leader of the Italian American War Veterans Auxiliary, she served as president of the Joseph Gentile Post #2 as well as state and national president. She spent her […]
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Thanks to the overwhelming kindness of our friends and matching-grant benefactors, the Italian American Veterans Museum was able to raise NEARLY $7,000 in the course of our Giving Tuesday campaign. Those funds will prove crucial during the lean winter months ahead. We’d like to acknowledge those benefactors whose matching funds proved so pivotal to the success of our campaign: Retired […]
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A member of a Combat Engineer Battalion during the Korean War, Ralph Imbrogno spent plenty of time in harms way while maintaining and building roads and keeping the front line supplied. Ralph Imbrogno was born in Chicago and lived in the Near West Side neighborhood of Laflin and Lexington. He graduated from Crane Tech High School and was drafted into […]
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