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Pompeo Coppini Lodge # 2712
     
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Order of the Sons of Italy - OSIA Originally called "L'Ordine dei Figli d'Italia" the Order of the Sons of Italy in America was established in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City on June 22, 1905, by Vincenzo Sellaro, M.D., and five other Italian immigrants who came to the United States during the great Italian migration (1880-1923). Their aim was to create a support system for all Italian immigrants that would assist them with becoming U.S. citizens, provide health/death benefits and educational opportunities and offer assistance with assimilation in America. Currently OSIA has more than 600,000 members and supporters and a network of more than 700 chapters coast to coast, making it the leading service and advocacy organization for the nation's estimated 26 million people of Italian descent. Today OSIA:
Our constitution defines our purposes as follows: to enroll all persons of Italian birth or decent; to promote national education; to secure adequate laws for the benefit of our members by active participation in the political, social, and civic life of our communities; to encourage dissemination of Italian culture in the United States; to uphold the prestige of the people of Italian heritage in America; and to initiate and organize movement for patriotic and humanitarian purposes,thereby establishing a motto of "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity." Contact - Pompeo Coppini Lodge
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