Editing Italian Americans (section)

===St. Louis===
Italian immigrants from the northern Italian region of Lombardy came to St. Louis in the late 19th century and settled in the region called [[The Hill, St. Louis|The Hill]]. As the city grew, immigrants from Southern Italy settled in a different neighborhood north of Downtown St Louis. As of 2021 there are approximately 2,000 native born Italians living in St. Louis, few of whom live in The Hill neighborhood. Italians today live mostly throughout the St. Louis metropolitan region. The Italian Community of St. Louis (Comunita' Italiana di St. Louis), an organization that promotes the Italian language and culture, has several popular events which include [[Carnival|Carnevale]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stlouisitalians.com/news/3rd-annual-carnevale-veneziano-brings-hundreds-of-st-louis-italians-together.html|title=Carnevale in St. Louis|website=stlouisitalians.com|access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref> which occurs every February and [[Ferragosto]] which occurs each August. The St. Louis Italian Language Program also exists on the Hill at Gateway Science Academy on Fyler Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stlouisitalians.com/learn-italian.html|title=St Louis Italian Language Program on The Hill|website=stlouisitalians.com|access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> The 1950 film [[The Game of Their Lives]] is based on the true story of the 1950 U.S. soccer team which, against all odds, beat England 1–0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil during the 1950 FIFA World Cup. The story is about the family traditions and passions that shaped the players who made up this team of underdogs, a significant number of which were from The Hill neighborhood of St. Louis.