Carmela Zangara, a lecturer and researcher from Palermo, moved to Licata and began important research on the history of the area, for which she was made an honorary citizen. 

​In 2000, she published a first volume on the subject of the landings with the Ignazio Spina Association. This was followed by many other volumes and was based on oral sources collected by herself, and unpublished materials patiently gathered in Italian and foreign archives. 

​​In 2007, together with some colleagues and friends, including Maurizio Cellura and Gerardo Malfitano (creators) and Calogero Carità (long-time director), Carmela founded the Associazione Memento. The organisation aims to contribute to the protection and enhancement of Licata's traditions and memories. 

​​In 2008, the association organised an important conference about the Sicily Landings in the cloister of San Francesco. In 2011, it set up an exhibition about Operation Husky in the Council Chamber of the Convento del Carmine (which remained open until 2014).  

​​From 2011 to 2017, it promoted the marking of the beaches of the American landings with special memorial stones, which constitute a veritable open-air museum. It also organised further conferences in 2018 and 2021, collaborating with foreign delegations and participating in various events throughout Italy.   

​​In 2023, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Sicily Landings, the association promoted the creation of a Documentation Centre on the subject. This preserves and exhibits documentary and photographic material collected from both organisations and private individuals. 

​The exhibition was inaugurated in the premises provided by the Archaeological Museum and was accompanied by a conference organised together with Liberation Route Europe project of the LRE Foundation.​