Italian Cultural Center (ICC) President Charles Becker, left, Antoinette Baldini, center, and Anthony Piteo, 90, attend the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new mural at the ICC on Thursday. Italian Cultural Center (ICC) President Charles Becker introduces the new mural on the ICC building in Springfields Southend on Thursday. Becker and Antonietta Baldini are at the head if the table. On the left is Tara Maynard, Leo Florian and Ashley Haas with her baby, Rose Marie Blanchard. On the right is Anthony Piteo, 90, Agawam City Council Vice President Anthony J. Russo and Chief Petty Officer Retired Generoso Maddaloni, 95. August 28, 2025. (Douglas Hook / The Republican)Douglas Hook
SPRINGFIELD — Every Sunday, Italian families across the South End would gather around platters of pasta, plates of pork and finish it off with a glass of grappa in a tradition that combined “family, food and faith.”
Now, fewer follow the tradition but people will be forever reminded of it by a mural unveiled Thursday at the Italian Cultural Center.
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