Anthony D’Alessandro is justifiably proud of a lot of things. There’s his designation as a cavaliere – a knight of merit – by the Italian government. There’s the quality of the uniforms that he makes – almost all of the uniforms for America’s military branches, plus more for military academies, local first responders and the occasional Hollywood movie, like “Titanic,” “Taps,” “A Few Good Men” and “Dead Poets Society.”

There are all the organizations that he has founded, led and belonged to – including Club Amici Radio Italiana, Associazione Regionale Abruzzese and Associazione Regionale Abruzzese Delco, The Sons of Italy and the Comitato degli Italiani all’Estero of the consular district of Philadelphia.