GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI

Giuseppe Garibaldi was a great leader from Italy’s history. He was good, loyal and generous since he was a child; he also had a great spirit. The sea was his passion and at the age of 13 he saved some of his friends. He spent all his youth sailing and one day in a harbor he felt the desire to serve his country.

In 1848, he came back from South America because his country needed him. He fought at the head of some volunteers in Lombardy. Garibaldi also ran into the defense of the Roman republic, but then he abandoned Rome and looked for refuge in the Apennines. In 1859, the hero started a second independence war. Lots of volunteers came to him for the Expedition of the Thousand and on May 11 they landed in Marsala. They had their first and tough battle in Calatafimi and Galibardi said “Here is Italy or you will die” to Nino Bixio. They kept going with a good number of victories like Calatafami, Palermo and Milazzo. He goes forward to Naples and does a triumphal entrance, and right after that he fought the final battle. At Carnell, he greets the king of Italy Vittorio Emanuel II. After this a time of peace came, but in 1866 after problems with the king Garibaldi gave the order to stop the war of independence. 
Giuseppe Garibaldi did a great job for his country because kept fighting for it until the last breath.