Giuseppe Garibaldi Research Paper

Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was born in Nice and at an early age visited Rome where he experienced what he considered the “New Italy, the Italy of all Italians”. The Rome that he visited changed his life and became his dominate thought for the rest of his life. In 1834, he had been sentenced to death for taking part in a revolutionary uprising but was able to escape to Latin America. He was there for 12 years and helped with Uruguay’s fight for independence. During this time, he met and married another freedom fighter, Anna da Silva. She shared many of his ideas about independence. He returned to Italy in 1848 where he led volunteers against the Austrians and then in 1859 mobilized democratic nationalist. His victories in battle made him a legend. One of the things that increased his legend was that he did not accept land or titles that were offered to him after the fighting. He was a symbol of modern nationalism. Garibaldi believed in a unified Italy and remained true to his ideals. Because of this, ordinary men
He cleverly tells women that they should only want strong and brave men, not cowards. If they are cowards “cast them away”. Next he says that those that need to return home because of imperative duties they owe their family, then they should be able to go. The way it is worded leads me to believe that he wants the men back as soon as those duties are done. The last group are those that are wounded. He still wants them to serve by giving counsel. I believe that the way all of these family relations have been addressed by Garibaldi are working in concert with nationalism. The family and the nation want strong, noble and brave men. If there is something that is “imperative” that needs to be done for the family, then it should be done. Once it is done, them the man needs to get back to fighting. Even if you are injured you should still be serving your country. All these help to build