The celebration of the Sacramento Lodge’s 100th Anniversary was held on January 25th and exceeded our expectations with over 100 attendees!  We were able to celebrate the fellowship of our lodge, as well as four members with 40, 45, and 50 years of being part of the Sons and Daughters of Italy.  Honorees were:  David Carboni – 50 years; Pam Tedesco – 50 years; Barbara Alfidi – 45 years; and Ed Smith – 40 years.

The lodge was originally founded by Eduardo Gustalli, Giovanni Santini, and Armando Bondi on January 7, 1925 as the Giacomo Puccini Lodge.  Many years later, in January 1991 the Regina Margherita Lodge #1423 merged with the Sacramento Lodge.  Two of the noteworthy pieces on display that evening was the original charter and a ledger dated 1926-1936 written

Pictured above is a partial group of Roma Lodge members who organized and conducted our Italian food booth at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, February 11-13th.  The World Ag Expo was started at the Tulare Fair Grounds in 1968 and moved to the International Agri-Center in 1982 and has grown to 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space.  Roma Lodge is one of the only organizations that has been at the show from the very beginning.

For the past 12 years Michael DePaoli,

I believe we really started out recognizing people that went to extraordinary lengths to help their fellow man, after the events of 9/11. We stood up as a nation, and cheered, and celebrated the firemen and police of New York. And we couldn’t thank them enough for their service, that was beyond exceptional, that day, and subsequent days. And they truly deserved it!

Then came Covid and we as a nation celebrated the doctors, nurses and all those that rose up, despite the perils of dealing

Saluti tutti

Greetings from Vallejo.  We had our first polenta and stew dinner in quite a while and it was a success.  We had 96 guests including State Second Vice President Louie Lodi and his wife who traveled all the way from Sacramento.  Our kitchen crew of Rick Branch, John Costa and Glen Rushing made a very tasty dinner.  We plan on having dinners roughly every two months.  We celebrated the many birthdays we missed during Covid for

Columbia Lodge is now alternating their meetings at two different restaurant locations. Great menus and food at both places and everyone is loving the change.  We just have to remember where we are going each month!

State President Arlene Nunziati and State Deputy Maria Fassio Pignati installed the new 2025-2026 officers of the lodge at Sapore Ristorante.  Congratulations to all the new officers; thank you to the ones who stepped up to new positions and to the ones who stayed in office.  We have a