A 90-year-old Italian man received a birthday cake like no other on April 28, 2022. It was the American Army that gave it to him during a ceremony commemorating the arrival of the Allies in the city of Vicenza (Italy) during World War II. An event that should correct a mistake made by the 77-year-old: replace the cake for his thirteenth birthday that was stolen by American soldiers.
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Meri Mion, a 90-year-old Italian, received her thirteenth birthday cake 77 years later. It was Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Vicenza, northern Italy, for a commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the US Army’s arrival in the city during World War II, the US military reports in a press release.
As seen in a video shared on YouTube by US Army Garrison Italy, an American soldier approached Meri Mion to offer her the cake as a crowd voted She sang “Happy Birthday” in the chorus composed of Italian and American soldiers.
Meri Mion was totally upset, she hadn’t expected it and above all the meaning of this cake was very important to her.
A cake stolen in the war
To fully understand the meaning of this cake, we have to go back. Yesterday’s event commemorated the day the US Army’s 88th Infantry Division entered the city on April 28, 1945. Meri Mion remembers that day like it was yesterday. She was thirteen and had been hiding with her mother in the attic of their farmhouse in a village near Vicenza while German soldiers fired shots near their home.
The next morning, on his thirteenth birthday, American soldiers had arrived nearby. Certainly good news, except that his mother’s birthday cake, which had been cooling on the windowsill the day before, had evaporated. It was stolen by American soldiers.
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fix the past
Apparently, soldiers other than those who stole his cake 77 years ago wanted to make amends for the past. As ? By “replacing” the cake for his 13th birthday. Meri Mion, who had been invited to the ceremony without knowing the reason, was overcome with emotion when she was presented with the dish.
She then signaled that she would be eating it with her whole family the next day to celebrate her 90th birthday. It will undoubtedly have a special taste.