Benvenuto!

Thank you for stopping by!

       The Connecticut Grand Lodge is one of 20 Grand Lodges across the country. The Order Sons of Italy in America was founded in 1905 by Dr. Vincenzo Sellaro. It was originally set up as a support system to assist Italian immigrants in becoming U.S. citizens. Today, it continues to help others in giving over $200 million dollars to charitable causes across the country.

       We invite you to join us in continuing Dr. Sellaro's vision of helping your neighbors and upholding the Italian culture. Come to a meeting! Our local lodges are active within their communities.

       If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly or contact the local lodge president in your area.

Fraternally,

Michael S. Polo
CT State President

Garibaldi-Meucci Museum

The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum is a National Landmark owned and operated by the Sons of Italy Foundation®.

Imagine Giuseppe Garibaldi, "the legendary hero of two worlds" noted for his liberation efforts in South America and his unification of Italy, and Florentine-born engineer and inventor Antonio Meucci actually talking over the telephone in 1850 – in a quaint home in Staten Island, New York.
This remarkable moment, which unravels history, is commemorated in the very same house in which Garibaldi and Meucci lived. Visit the actual place where telephone history was made, where a great friendship thrived and where the vision of Italian unification was formed. View the documents, historic telephone models and hand-hewn furniture of Meucci's home. Learn how Meucci discovered he could transmit a human voice over a copper wire charged with electricity — at a time when Alexander Graham Bell was a small child in Scotland.
Garibaldi Meucci Museum
420 Tompkins Avenue
Rosebank
Staten Island, New York 10305 (718) 442-1608
info@garibaldimeuccimuseum.org
www.garibaldimeuccimuseum.org