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Giuseppe Garibaldi: Fathers Of The Fatherland In Italy

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Giuseppe Garibaldi is considered a “fathers of the fatherland” in Italy through his great role in Italian history. He unified Italy during the Italian Risorgimento through his extensive campaigns as a military general and politician. His military ventures in South America and his part in Italian unification earned him world-wide recognition and the title, “Hero of Two Words.”

==Youth and Revolution==

Born Joseph-Marie Garibaldi in French-annexed Nice on July 4, 1807, Garibaldi’s parents, Giovanni Domenico Garibaldi and Maria Rosa Nicoletta Raimodi. Not much is known about his early years except for his family’s work as traders and fisherman along the coast. He received certification as a merchant captain in 1832 and sailed to Taganrog, Russia in April 1833. At port, Garibaldi met Giovanni Battista Cuneo, member of Guiseppe Mazzini’s La Giovine Italia (Young Italy) society, and he soon joined the movement to unite Italy. In November 1883, he met Mazzini in Geneva and the two formed a lasting partnership. He aided the unsuccessful revolutionary attempt in Piedmont led by Mazzini in February 1834. He fled to Marseilles while he was sentenced to death by a Genoese court.Scirocco & Cameron, 2007

==South American Exile==

Giuseppe sailed to South America in 1836 and landed first in Brazil. He joined rebel group the Rio Grande del Sul fighting for succession from the Empire of Brazil. He met Ana Ribeiro da Silva, known as Anita, during the Ragamuffin War. She fought with him

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