> this heritage is so far gone This only makes sense if you think heritage is like a dusting of snow that melts when one comes in from the cold, but these peop

> this heritage is so far gone This only makes sense if you think heritage is like a dusting of snow that melts when one comes in from the cold, but these people carried their heritage with them. Maybe "Italian" isn't quite the right word, anymore, but that doesn't mean they've been planed flat by the Lathe of Heaven.