Associazione Ricreativa Sommocolonia

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Sommocolonia: 26th December 1944 During World War II on the 26th December 1944 Sommocolonia was the scene of Operation Wintergewitter-Temporale dâ€™Inverno , a limited offensive conduct on the Gothic Line by Axis forces against US troops (92nd Division Buffalo ) supported by the partisans of the area XI. #barga #barganews#sommocolonia […]

Commemoration of battle of Sommocolonia (2017)

10 January 2018 in 26 December commemoration by Miagul87

passeggiatÃ libertÃ 2016 — The celebrations for the 25th April took place not just in BargaÂ but also included for the seventhÂ year running, â€œthe liberation walkâ€ up to Sommocolonia via the old mule track. A huge participation this year with people almost queing up at one point to go up the track. A fine day […]

Walk of feedom of april, 25 (2017)

18 July 2017 in Walk of freedom on April 25 by Miagul87

passeggiata sommocolonia 2017

Videos of Walk of freedom on april 25, 2017

13 July 2017 in Videos by Miagul87

trekking-sommocolonia — You leave from the hospital parking area to discover Barga. After the door we go to the cathedral, we go to the Teatro dei Differenti. At the top of the ascent, in a magnificent position, stands the Duomo di San Cristoforo, very beautiful the pulpit. After the visit and explanations […]

TREKKING: from Barga to Sommocolonia by Sergio Colombini

13 July 2017 in Videos tagged sommocolonia by Miagul87

passeggiatÃ libertÃ 2016 — Many towns have places that have become part of their communitiesâ€™ tradition, places that are irrefutably stages for particular anniversaries. For some years the Barga community also has one: Sommocolonia, half favored for celebrating anniversaries like April 25thâ€™s Liberation Day, which though less festive than others, is an […]

Walk of feedom of april, 25 (2016)

24 April 2017 in Walk of freedom on April 25 by Miagul87

james pratt sommocolonia — Associazione Ricreativa Sommocolonia It is pleased to invite Sunday, March 12, 2017 Barga, Palazzo Pancrazi atÂ 17.00 Conference with James Pratt (the son of a veteran of the Buffalo Division) A Footnote in History: The U. S. 366th Infantry Regiment (the conference will be held both in English and Italian)

Conference with James Pratt (March 12, 2017)

7 March 2017 in Events and initiatives tagged james pratt / sommocolonia by Miagul87

james pratt a sommocolonia — A welcome visit to Barga and Sommocolonia:Â The visitor was James Pratt, son of Captain Charles Pratt, an African American officer who fought in our area during WWII. It was not the first visit by Mr. Pratt, a retired professor at Cornell University — he came twice before, in 2010 […]

A Day with James Pratt (February 4, 2017)

13 February 2017 in Events and initiatives by Miagul87

In his first visit to Sommocolonia and Barga, James Pratt was moved to learn about his fatherâ€™s and the 366th experience in the area. (His father, by then deceased, had told him little about his wartime years.) His father, Captain Charles Pratt, had been commanding officer of Headquarters Company, 2nd […]

James Pratt will be at Sommocolonia on the 4th of ...

2 February 2017 in Events and initiatives tagged christmas battle / sommocolonia by Miagul87

AsÂ each year,Â December 26 wasÂ an occasion for getting together in Sommocolonia, the small mountain village in the Barga Comune, and location of the tragic battle on St. Stephenâ€™s Day (Boxing Day) 1944 in which more than a hundredÂ perished includingÂ soldiers, partisans and civilians, and when the the village itself was nearly wiped […]

December 26 in Sommocolonia – between the past and the ...

1 February 2017 in 26 December commemoration by Miagul87

houston-sommocolonia — TWO RECENT CONTRIBUTORS TO SOMMOCOLONIAâ€™S WWII MUSEUM (MUSEUM TO PEACE) PROJECT right BUFFALO SOLDIER VETERAN IVAN J HOUSTON and left his son, IVAN A. HOUSTON Buffalo Soldier Ivan J. Houston, age 91 from Los Angeles, California, recently spent a week in Lucca with several members of his family. His […]

Houston, a delightful return (14 september 2016)

23 September 2016 in Events and initiatives tagged houston by Miagul87

A large number of tourists and enthusiastsÂ tookÂ part in this rally which, as every year, gathered at the Piazzale del Fosso in Barga. Â From there the Vespas left for a tour of the countryside, going first to Sommocolonia and then finishing up at FilecchioÂ for the inevitable friendly lunch which, as […]

Vespa Club Rally (10 July 2016)

10 July 2016 in Events and initiatives by Miagul87

Kindly provided by Anna ChiappaÂ Moscardini The poetry of the buggy One evening I was in the square all’appaltino rimiravo that the sky is serene and beautiful; he heard a noise that seemed fate, was the gig of Rinaldi In them stood in the Piazza San Rocchino; all the people ran […]

The poem of the buggy

23 December 2015 in Poems and proverbs tagged buggy / poems by Miagul87

john fox sommocolonia — Lieutenant John R FoxÂ Medal of Honor RecipientÂ for his action in Sommocolonia At dawn, the day after Christmas, 1944, highly trained Axis troops of the Fourth Hoch Mountain and the Alpine Mittenwald Battalions attacked Sommocolonia. The attackers numbered three times that of the approximately 75 African American soldiers of the 366th […]

John Robert Fox

23 December 2015 in Personalities linked to Sommocolonia tagged christmas battle / john fox / sommocolonia / war by Miagul87

sommocolonia-celebrazione-2014 — Celebration of the 71th anniversary of the Battle of Sommocolonia (December 26, 1944 – DECEMBER 26 2015). At 10.30 there will be a Mass for the souls of all the dead of the battle, civil, and military partisans. Following deposition of wreaths at the war memorial in Church Square and […]

Waiting for the celebration of the Battle of Sommocolonia (2015)

22 December 2015 in 26 December commemoration tagged 2015 / celebration 2015 / christmas battle / sommocolonia by Miagul87

libertÃ sommocolonia — Many countries have sites which are part of the tradition of the community. Places that are indispensable stages of special occasions. For some years now the community of Barga has one: Sommocolonia, half favored to celebrate an anniversary, however, less festive than others, but one of great significance as April […]

Walk of freedom of April 25, (2015)

25 April 2015 in Walk of freedom on April 25 tagged 2015 / sommocolonia / Walk of freedom of April 25 by Miagul87

sommocolonia-celebrazione-2014 — It was a terrible day the St. Stephen seventy years ago, a date been notorious throughout the Valley for being the day chosen by the Axis forces – during the Second World War – groped for an offensive towards the allies. A day of fighting and bombardments involving a wide […]

In Seventieth anniversary of the Battle of Sommocolonia (2014)

26 December 2014 in 26 December commemoration tagged 2014 / celebration 2014 / christmas battle / sommocolonia by Miagul87

concerto sommocolonia — It ended with a gospel concert the day – that of 13 December last year – that the council has dedicated to the seventieth anniversary of the “tragic Christmas Barga”, that is, when, during the Second World War, the conflict between the forces of ‘axis and Allies present in our […]

Concert for peace (2014)

15 December 2014 in 26 December commemoration tagged Concert / December 26 / sommocolonia by Miagul87

mostra 70Â° guerra sommocolonia — It was inaugurated this morning the exhibition states that the second moment of celebration and memory of the passage of the war in Barga, which this year marks the seventieth anniversary. Indeed, it was 1944 when, from the month of October our territory found itself at the center of the […]

An exhibition for the 70th anniversary of the war (2014)

13 December 2014 in 26 December commemoration tagged 2014 / exhibition / show / sommocolonia / war by Miagul87

Sommocolonia torre guerra — We publish the full version of the memories of the people appeared in the December issue of the journal The Seventieth: When they got to the Allies lived Frascone and I was 13, they were the last days of September 1944. The first to arrive were the Brazilians who reached […]

Waiting for the Seventieth: impressions and memories (2014)

12 December 2014 in 26 December commemoration tagged 2014 / christmas battle / sommocolonia / tower by Miagul87

esodo-battaglia-di-natale-sommocolonia — (“Rastrellamento”, xilografia di Adolfo Balduini) Barga is preparing to recall a dramatic episode of its history during the Second World War, what is known by all as “Battle of Sommocolonia”. In that incident, which occurred on December 26, 1944, the small mountain village was the scene of a violent confrontation […]

Not to forget the ‘tragic Christmas Barga’: an exhibition, a ...

6 December 2014 in 26 December commemoration tagged 2014 / celebration 2014 / christmas battle / tragic Christmas Barga by Miagul87