Italian American Club of West Michigan
Wabash Train Wreck Memorial
Adrian - Siena Heights University (Photo by Greg Carne)
Adrian, Michigan (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Fr. Enzo Addari, SdC presiding at the memorial, saying grace (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Sr. Peg Albert, O.P.,President of Siena Heights University (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Brunch (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - L to R: Ernesto Sandona, Dee and Lino Scamardella, Pierluigi Erbaggio, Giovanni Catalano and wife Maria (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Mayor Jim Berryman (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Consolato d'Italia (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa, Consul of Italia, Detroit (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - City Commissioner Lad Strayer (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Picture of tragedy (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Picture of tragedy (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Picture of tragedy (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Picture of tragedy (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Picture of tragedy (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Picture of tragedy (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall - Sergio De Giusti working on Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Benicasa Dining Hall (Photo by Greg Carne)
Grave Markers from cemetery archives Notice date: Nov 29, two days after the tragedy. Grave #4, #5, #6, #7, and #8 - all in row 5 - unmarked (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Established 1901, same year as the accident (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Urn (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Urn (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Urn designed by City of Adrian employee, Steve Chesher (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Urn (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Fr. Enzo (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Fr. Enzo (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Mayor Berryman and Fr. Enzo (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Another view of the crowd (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Crowd (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sogni Persi covered with the Italian flag (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Mayor Berryman (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Mayor Berryman (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Dr. Kyle Griffith, Asst. Superintendent of Lenawee Intermediate School District (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Enzo Paglia, Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa, Sergio De Giusti (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Italian national anthem (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - USA anthem (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - USA anthem (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sergio De Giusti and Fr. Enzo (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Giovanni Catalano, Vice President of COM.IT.ES (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Giovanni Catalano, Vice President of COM.IT.ES (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sandra Tornberg, President, Italian-American Cultural Society (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sandra Tornberg (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sandra Tornberg (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Mayor Berryman and Dr. Griffith untying the Italian flag from Sogni Persi while Sergio De Giusti is speaking (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Mayor Berryman and Dr. Griffith untying the Italian flag from Sogni Persi while Sergio De Giusti is speaking (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Mayor Berryman and Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa untying the Italian flag from Sogni Persi while Sergio De Giusti is speaking (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Mayor Berryman and Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa untying the Italian flag from Sogni Persi while Sergio De Giusti is speaking (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Mayor Berryman, Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa and Dr. Griffith as the Italian flag is removed from Sogni Persi while Sergio De Giusti is speaking (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sogni Persi uncovered (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Dr. Griffith and Dr. Lapresa clapping the unveiling (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sergio De Giusti is speaking - the unveiled Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sergio De Giusti is speaking (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Reverse side of the Sogni Persi bronze plaque and a brief history of the tragedy (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sergio De Giusti is speaking - the unveiled Sogni Persi from behind (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sergio De Giusti and Lino Scamardella in front of the Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sergio De Giusti and Lino Scamardella in front of the Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - The Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - The Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Fr. Enzo Addari about to bless the urn while Enzo Paglia reads the epislte from I Corinthians 15 (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Fr. Enzo Addari about to bless the urn (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Fr. Enzo Addari blessing the urn (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Fr. Enzo Addari praying over the remains in the urn (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Fr. Enzo Addari about to bless The Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Fr. Enzo Addari blessing The Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Fr. Enzo Addari blessing The Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Plaque on the base of the Sogni Persi - IACWM is recognized in the plaque (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - The main speakers. L to R: Sergio De Giusti, Giovanni Catalano, Sonya Tornberg, Mayor Jim Berryman, Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa, Dr. Kyle Griffith (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - A moment of silence (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Ceremony ends - posing for pictures (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Principals posing for pictures (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sergio De Giusti, the sculptor, and Lia Adelfi, President of the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - An Italian gentleman hanging a rosary on the Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sergio De Giusti and Lia Adelfi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - President Ernesto Sandona and Trustee Greg Carne with Mayor Berryman (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - President Ernesto Sandona and Trustee Greg Carne with Mayor Berryman (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - The railroad spike in the base of the Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carne)
Oakwood Cemetery - Sogni Persi - "Lost Dreams" (Photo by Greg Carne)
Read the article to know more about the 1901 Wabash Train Wreck tragedy and the Memorial ceremony that the Italian American Club of West Michigan attended in Adrian on September 24, 2016.
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