Hello from Redding,

While Shasta Lodge seems to always be busy we have slowed down a bit since our Crab Feed. On April 5th seven member of our lodge attended a dinner at Win-River Casino sponsored by the Shasta County Veterans Affiliated Council. Our lodge was presented with the President’s Award and also received special recognition from our U.S. House of Representative from California, Doug LaMalfa, our California State Senator, Brian Dahle

The celebration of Eureka Lodge’s 100th anniversary will continue throughout this year with historical displays, lectures and interviews at various museums and on public access television recalling the Italian-American experience in Humboldt County.

     Lodge member Ron Dawson

Greetings from Virgilio Lodge #1586 in Vallejo.  Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Happy Easter.  Last Sunday we had a Chicken Marsala dinner with over 50 attendees.  Our stellar kitchen crew of Rick Branch, John Costa and Glen Rushing did  a fabulous job of making

2024 opened with the commemoration of our actual 100th anniversary on January 6. We are proud to be the third oldest lodge in CA – 1924-2024. More information is included in this article.

Like most lodges, our Crab Dinner was in February when we served the freshest all-you-can-eat crab to a very lively and hungry crowd! It was a fun night with our community.

The Weed Lumber Museum schedules a fundraising event for the second Saturday of March each year. They sell tickets but contract with us to cater the dinner – ravioli and roasted chicken. It’s been a few years since we were filled to our maximum capacity, and it was awesome to see! It’s a

Over 50 people attended the St. Helena Lodge’s February 7, 2024, meeting which featured a presentation by Christina Olivolo, who spoke about the experiences of Italian-Americans during WWII.  Christina has extensively researched this topic, including reviewing countless FBI files and newspaper articles from that period, conferring with other experts on this topic, and interviewing those who remember this dark chapter in the story of Italians in America.

Few of us know today that unnaturalized Italian immigrants – many of whom had resided in the United States for decades