Garibaldi-Funny name, Serious guy!

Happy Birthday Italy, thanks to Garibaldi and the redshirts!

One of my friends, Rich Raimonde, posted a “Happy Birthday to Italy,” graphic, which got me inspired to write this post. Thanks Rich!

I first heard of the name of the man most responsible for the unification of Italy, Giuseppe  Garibaldi, because of my great grandfather. He was in his early eighties and still played the clarinet, and I was ten or eleven …