Palermo remembers Dalla Chiesa, General Luzi: “Essential memory”

“Memory is something essential for our life, returning to our roots is essential to understand the changes of the present, often sudden. It is important not to forget. A people who forget is a people that does not exist”. These are the words of General Teo Luzi, General Commander of the Carabinieri, last night at Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo, where the Arma concert was held to remember General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, forty years after his killing, in Palermo , with his wife Emanuela Setti Carraro and escort agent Domenico Russo. The carabinieri band was directed by Maestro Massimo Martinelli. Guests listened to Giuseppe Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani but also Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, up to Nino Rota, author of famous soundtracks that have marked the history of cinema. And then, surprisingly, Aida. At the end of the national anthem of Mameli. The event was organized by the Federico Secondo Foundation, directed by Patrizia Monterosso. In the front row, among others, the Undersecretary of Defense, Giorgio Mulè, the Prefect Giuseppe Forlani, Professor Nando Dalla Chiesa, the mayor Roberto Lagalla, interregional Commander of the Carabinieri, General Riccardo Galletta, and the regional and provincial leaders of the Carabinieri, Guardia of Finance and Police Headquarters.