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Tenement Talk: Preparing for the Immigration Journey

January 28 at 6:30pm

At Tenement Museum

Lower East Side, New York

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📚In-person ticket includes the authors' book
🏛️Mini-tours and reception included for attendees

Historians Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari discuss their book on the lesser-known rituals of Irish and Italian migration—protective objects packed, farewell traditions, and homecoming practices that shaped the immigrant journey.

Immigration history
Author talk
Irish & Italian culture

Tenement Museum

103 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002, USA

www.tenement.org

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