(Suzanne Deffree – June 11, 2018) On June, 11, 2002, the United States Congress acknowledged Italian immigrant Antonio Meucci as the true inventor of the telephone. The declaration, approved by the House of Representatives, was made to little fanfare in the US. Meucci’s hometown of Florence, where he was recognized as the telephone inventor without such political support, is said to have celebrated the acknowledgement. Meucci began developing the design of a “telegrafo parlante” or talking telegraph in 1849. He and his wife moved to Staten Island, NY, in …
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