The Sommocolonia Special news and stories about this beautiful mountaintop village image by o'connor     15th July 2000 The worlds press descends on Sommocolonia   "Buffalo Soldier" Lt. John Fox - WWII Heroism of African American soldiers overlooked for half century by nation it served - Now black vets honoured in village in the Comune of Barga By Frank Viviano barganews Staff Writer   August 2000 The campaign to save Sommocolonia is launched   A commitee has been formed with the aim of raising money to buy a building in Sommocolonia and convert it into a shop and bar for the village ( NB there have been no shops in Sommocolonia for a number of years)   a suitable building has been found, plans have been drawn up all that is now need is...................money       Contact the Sommocolonia Committe by E-mailing them here sommocolonia@barganews.com   or exchange views now on line in the barganews.com Forum   August 14th 2001 - The International Moscardini Meeting   back to