up by a dog. Anita remained a presence in Garibaldi's heart for the rest of his life. It was perhaps with her memory in mind that, while traveling in Peru in the early 1850s, he sought out the exiled and destitute Manuela Sáenz, the fabled companion of Simón Bolívar. Years later, in 1860, when Garibaldi rode out to Teano to hail Victor Emanuel II as king of a united Italy, he wore Anita's striped scarf over his gray South American poncho. Legacy Anita Garibaldi is a symbol of Brazilian republicanism and was recognized as a national heroine after the fall of the Brazilian Empire. There are city squares bearing her name in Brazil and a museum dedicated to her memory in Laguna. Her legacy was also used by Mussolini. In 1929 the Vatican unofficially requested to remove the statue of her husband from the top of the Gianicolo. Mussolini replied that he would not only not remove the statue of Giuseppe but that he would also erect a new statue of Anita on the same hill. The erection of her statue on the Gianicolo in Rome was celebrated in a Three Day Commemoration. On the first day was the transfer of the remains of Anita from Genoa to Rome. On the second day was the interment of her remains in the base of a monument built in her memory on the Janiculum near the equestrian statue of her husband. On the third day was the official inauguration of the monument by Mussolini. The statue depicts Anita Garibaldi, mounted on a rearing horse, holding her baby son close in her left arm while brandishing a pistol in her right hand, as she leads her husband's army to victory. Anita Garibaldi is the subject of the 1952 historical film Red Shirts in which she is played by Anna Magnani. She was also portrayed by Giovanna Antonelli in the 2003 Brazilian TV miniseries A Casa das Sete Mulheres and by Valeria Solarino in the 2012 Italian TV miniseries Anita Garibaldi. Ana Paula Arósio portrayed Anita Garibaldi in the 2013 historical drama film Anita e Garibaldi. Notes References Lacking a formal education, Anita Ribeiro Garibaldi left only some dictated notes about her experiences. Decades later, Giuseppe described her in his own autobiography. The English translation of Valerio's romantic biography is the current standard source. "Anita Garibaldi" website hosted by Universidade do Estado de Santa