Patsy's fireworks shows were always covered extensively in local papers, especially the Cortland Standard and the Ithaca Journal. Below are PDFs of articles from 1947, 1953, and 1961.
Patsy's Heart -- Read or Listen. You can also download and read a PDF of the transcript of Patsy's Heart, a long "letter to the editor" heard on radio station WHCU on July 3, 1957 by Charlie Chatfield. Or you can listen to Patsy's Heart, an audio recreation of that broadcast. It's 4 minutes 45 seconds.
Chatfield's essay is a tribute to Patsy and his family, his artistry, his patriotism, and the Italian community he reflected. In the essay, Chatfield notes that 1957 was the 70th birthday of the Statue of Liberty and the 181st birthday of the U.S.