Philadelphia Tribute Plaque
Details:
Located in the right wall of the interior portico of the building entrance next to a plaque commemorating the students of the institute who died in World War 1. Plaque A white marble inscribed plaque remembering the aid the city of Philadelphia, under the leadership of Clara Huston Miller, provided to the wounded, disabled, refuges and orphans to Italy during the First World War.
Monument Text:
The text on the plaque is written in Italian. The text reads:
GENEROSA E DEGNA SUO NOME
PHILADELPHIA
NEI GIORNI DELLA GUERRA MONDIALE
SOCCORSE AI FIGLI D’ITALIA
FERITI MUTILATI PROFUGHI
ALLE VEDOVE ALLE MADRE AGLI ORFANI
AMMIRANDONE
E EROISMO E LA VIRTU’
MCMXV - MCMXXV
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GLI ORGANI BENEFICATI
A PERENNE MEMORIA DI LORO GRATITUDINE
VOLLERO QUI RICORDARE
SOTTO IL NOME DELLA FILANTROPICA CITTA’
CLARA HUSTON MILLER- PRESIDENTE
MARY C BEATH –SECRETARIA
ED I SETTANTUNO MEMBRI
DEL COMITATO PRO ITALIA
DEL EMERGENCY AID OF PENNSYLVANIA
E DEL FONDO AMERICANO
PER GLI ITALIANI ORFANI DI GUERRA
Translation in English:
GENEROUS AND WORTHY IN NAME
PHILADELPHIA
IN THE DAYS OF THE WORLD WAR
FOR THE AID TO THE
WOUNDED MUTILATED REFUGEE SONS OF ITALY
TO THE WIDOWS AND THE ORPHANS
ADMIRATION
FOR THE HEROISM AND VIRTUE
1915-1925
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THE BENEFITED
OFFER THEIR PERENNIAL MEMORY
IN GRATITUDE
ALSO WANT TO REMEMBER
UNDER THE NAME OF THIS PHILANTHROPIC CITY
CLARA HUSTON MILLER – PRESIDENT
MARY C BEATH- SECRETARY
AND THE 71 MEMBERS
OF THE PRO-ITALY COMMITTEE
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA EMERGENCY AID
OF THE AMERICAN FUND FOR ITALIAN ORPHANS OF WAR
