Nicholas Marrone Professor Raymond UWRT-1103-E01 10/18/15 Origins ‘The country of my origin is Italy. Most of my family emigrated from Italy to America, The rest of my family either came from Ireland or Germany. My mother’s side of the family is where my Italian influence comes from. Before my family came to America, our last name was Canova and now it is Marrone. My grandfather was originally from Pettingo, Italy (Marrone). Italy’s flag is made up of three colors: red, white, and green. This specific flag has a lengthy history. At the beginning of the formation of Italy, it was invaded by many tribes such as the Lombards. After the invasions, various people were crowned emperor like Charlemagne and Charles I. In the 1700’s the French Revolution took place and Napoleon defeated the Austrian rulers. As we continue to the 1800’s Napoleon broke up Italy into individual provinces and kingdoms. In the 1900’s World War I occurred and Italy joined the Allies. This led the fascists to name Mussolini the Prime Minister of Italy. As the 1900’s progressed, Mussolini sided with Hitler. However, this as short lived because Mussolini was shot. Finally, in 1946 Italy established a republic. Throughout this long history, the Italian flag changed considerably. The first place to use the Italian tricolor was the Cispadane Republic in the late 1790’s. Then the Cispadane Republic and the Transpadane Republic came to together to form the Cisalpine Republic. This flag was a vertical tricolor flag. The flag the changed again in 1805 when Napoleon took control. After this, the Italian flag went through many’changes because of the / many changes that occurred to the country during the 1800's (Alchin).‘The National Anthem for the country of Italy is the “II Canto degli Italiani.” The person ‘who came up with this is Goffredo Mameli, a poet. The anthem was written in 1847. The story of how the anthem was made is not 100 percent conclusive. It is said that Mameli gave the anthem to Michele Novaro. Novaro was the masician that composed the musie (“Ita”)4 Work Cited en ”" Nationalanthemsinfo. N.p., 31.Jan. 2013. Web. 18 Oct. 2015. peti Linda. "Italian Flag," italian Flag. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2015.