Italians in New Orleans
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Italians have had a presence in the New Orleans area since the explorations of the Europeans. Many Sicilians immigrated to New Orleans in the 19th century, traveling on the Palermo-New Orleans route b
Central Grocery, an Italian-American grocery store in New Orleans where the muffuletta started in America. In 1906, Salvadore Lupo, owner of the Central Grocery, invented the muffuletta sandwich to feed fellow Sicilian immigrates. New Orleans has a historical Italian-American population. As of 2023 those identifying as of Italian descent were the largest ethnic group of Europeans in the New Orleans Metropolitan Area, numbering around 300,000.
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Steve Scalise
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Stephen Joseph Scalise is an American politician who has been the House majority leader since 2023 and the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district since 2008. A member of the Re
Italians in New Orleans
…Candy Candido Steve Scalise Maselli, Joseph and Dominic Candeloro. Italians in New Orleans (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0738516929, 9780738516929…
Official portrait, 2019
Scalise with President George W. Bush in 2008
Scalise with President Donald Trump in 2018