2. WHY “HERO OF THE TWO WORLDS”? Two Enterprises

3. His native city

4. LEADER IN THE STRUGGLE FOR ITALIAN UNIFICATION AND INDEPENDENCE 1833 HE JOINED MAZZINI’S MOVEMENT “THE YOUNG ITALY ” 1834 HE WAS ORDERED TO SEIZE A WARSHIP, BUT THE PLOT WAS DISCOVERED BY POLICE AND HE WAS CONDEMNED TO DEATH! HE ESCAPED TO SOUTH AMERICA WHERE HE LIVED FOR 12 YEARS!

5. - Garibaldi’s exile - (South America 1835-1848) 1842 During the Uruguayan Civil War he fought in defence of Uruguay and its capital Montevideo against the Argentinian dictator 1836 He took up the cause of independence of the Republic of Rio Grande do Sul against the Brazilian government

6.  His strong and rebellious wife who fought alongside her husband.  Heroine of the struggle for Italian unification. 1839

8. SECOND Italian War of Independence THIRD Italian War of Independence

10. Garibaldi and the departure of the Thousand from the rocks of Quarto… In less than three months he conquered the entire island of Sicily…

11. The popular name derives from the red shirts worn by the volunteers who followed Garibaldi in the invasion of Sicily and southern Italy. They wore red t-shirt to distinguish themselves from the enemy. Garibaldi took the idea from the red shirts worn by the gauchos in South America

12. Sailing from near Genoa with about 1,000 men (On May 6) He reached Marsala in Sicily ( on May 11) Became the CONQUEROR of The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Naples and Sicily) He proclamated the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.

15. Garibaldi- Meucci Museum (New York) Garibaldi Oregon Museum Piazza De Ferrari, Genova