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Edward James Abbaticchio was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on April 15, 1877. He began his athletic career in 1895 where he played football as both a fullback and kicker for the Latrobe Athletic Association. Ed became one of the first professional football players as the team was the first pro-football team in the nation. His coach, Fielding Yost,...

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Join the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF) on Thursday, May 22, 2014, for the 26th Annual National Education & Leadership Awards (NELA) Gala.   The signature Washington event returns to the National Building Museum to honor Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, LTG Flora Darpino and Harry Lombardo. In addition to these outstanding headline honorees, th...

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Ann Bambino Lodge #2353, Order Sons of Italy in America invites you to our Wine Tasting Fundraiser. $25 per person, paid at the door. RSVP in advance is STRONGLY recommended by calling Anne Marie at (516)242-4475 or email [email protected].     Come taste various red & white wines from California, South Africa and m...

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The Sons of Italy recently held its Annual Christmas Party and collected $1,000 to be donated to Peter Hebberd.   Accepting the check from Sons of Italy President Joseph Jannarone, Jr., are Kathy Williams-Buttari, Jennifer Fedo Transition Coordinators and Parsippany High School Principal Denis Mulroony.   Read more   Source:&nb...

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The Vallejo lodges of the Order Sons of Italy in America on Nov. 6 presented the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center with a donation of $8,734 during a ceremony held in the UC Davis MIND Institute auditorium. The donation, from the Virgilio Lodge Number 1586 and the Beatrice Portinari Lodge Number 1626, brings the organization's donations to UC Dav...

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by Camila Orti   Omaha Fire Department officials estimate a fire caused around $250,000 in damage to an iconic neighborhood landmark. Crews responded to a two-alarm building fire Friday afternoon at the Sons of Italy Hall near 11th and William streets. Officials said the structure caught fire around 2:25 p.m. A second-alarm was cal...

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They are some of the best cooks in the Ohio Valley and their specialty is Italian sausage. The Bellaire Sons of Italy lodge members have been spending long hours in the kitchen lately and it's all for their delicious sandwiches at the Italian Festival this weekend. Their lodge has hundreds of members, but it's always the same core group t...

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Local residents can put on their dancing shoes for a line-dancing event at the historic War Memorial Building on Saturday. The event, sponsored by the Sons of Italy Christopher Columbus Lodge No. 216 of Brockton, will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the War Memorial Building, 156 West Elm St. Lestyn of Lestyn dance studio will teach pa...

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The Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge (OSIA), in collaboration with IAWA – The Italian American Writers Association, is hosting and launching a "Sagra Del Libro" (Italian-American Book Festival) on Friday, February 26, 2016 from 6 to 10 pmin the Lodge Hall at 113 Baxter Street in Manhattan's Little Italy. Admission is free to all.   All writers are...

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Italian culture has had a long and influential impact on American culture. Musicians, actors and artists of all types have allowed us to experience sights and sounds of Italy, weaving into American culture to create the widely celebrated Italian-American subculture.   Out of the celebration and immense pride taken in this subculture have co...

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