page_title: Italians in Syracuse, New York
section_title: Italian clubs
hierarchical_section_title: Italians in Syracuse, New York / History / Italian clubs
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomas Marnell - President of the Syracuse Italian-American Club
context_page_description: The Italians in Syracuse, New York number nearly 22,000 and are concentrated around the Little Italy of Syracuse, and the Northside of the city. Italian immigrants first settled in the area of Syracuse, New York beginning in 1883, after working on construction of the West Shore Railroad, that reached from New York City to Buffalo, New York. In Syracuse, they created an Italian-American community made up of immigrants from several regions of Italy and their descendants.
  By 2010, demographics showed that 14.1% of the population in Syracuse was of Italian descent. Many had also settled in Lyncourt, New York, a suburb on the northside of the city.
context_section_description: Like other immigrant groups, Italians founded fraternal clubs or mutual aid societies, as places to socialize and help each other. They were often formed by immigrants from the same village or region in Italy. The Italian-American Club of Syracuse voted to attend the inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt at Washington D.C. in March 1905.
  Italians in Syracuse celebrated formation of a new Italian society, Duci Degli Abbruzzi (meaning Dukes from Abruzzi, a province northeast of Rome) with a gala evening and blessing of the flag. The men wore uniforms with gold lace on May 9, 1907; and on a procession around the neighborhood, returning to Turn Hall. Hundreds of people viewed the procession, where James Lanzetta officiated as grand marshal.
  By 1929 a number of Italian-American lodges were established in Syracuse in addition to that of Abruzzi: Ruggiero Settimo (named for a leader in Sicily), Onesta e Lavoro ("Honest Work"), Duca Degli Abruzzi, Maria Montessori (named after a noted educator), Junior Progresso Lodge, Excelsior, and Golden Jubilee Lodge (a women's lodge). Founded by three local men, the Order Sons of Italy in America established a lodge in Syracuse in 1929. Over the decades since then, people's interests changed as they became more assimilated into other areas of American society. By 1974, all but the Progesso Lodge and Golden Jubilee Lodge had dissolved; these two combined that year into what is known as the Progresso Lodge #1047. They have continued to raise money for charitable and local causes, helped support the annual festivals and parades, and worked for social justice.
caption: Thomas Marnell - President of the Syracuse Italian-American Club, January 13, 1905
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