QUARTO ABEUNTE SAECULO ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON THE COLUMBUS QUADRICENTENNIAL To Our Venerable Brethren, the Archbishops and...

Friends, Celebrate Columbus Day with the IAA! Please join us for our Second Annual Columbus Day Italian American Cultural Celebration!...

Friends, We are still waiting to confirm the time and location of the committee hearing regarding the 2 Anti-Columbus Day bills,...

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Friends, As you know, there are 2 bills currently before the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory...

Friends, You are invited to the annual Italian Flag Raising at Boston City Hall Plaza, taking place on Wednesday Oct. 4th, at 10:30 AM....

Recently, our own Tommy Damigella was interviewed by Primo Magazine about the pending Massachusetts legislation and ballot initiative to...

Ginny Gardner, IAA National President, and Dr. Domenic Amara, IAA Chairman, recently interviewed Rafael Ortiz, author of Christopher...

These bills are currently before the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. The members of this committee can...

On this day, August 3rd, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain on his great Journey of Discovery. His...

Festivals provide a staging to celebrate the rich cultures, heritage, rituals, and traditions that define communities and nations. On...

On Monday, Columbus Day, October 10th, at The Tall Ship Park, The Italian American Alliance (IAA) hosted the first-ever Italian American...

On March 4, 1678, in Venice, in the old region of Venetia, Antonio Vivaldi made his dramatic entrance into the world. The grounds...

On Thursday, June 16th, the IAA joined several other Massachusetts Italian-American organizations at the Dante Alighieri Society in...

Our effort to obtain a commemorative stamp in memory of Medal Of Honor recipient Lt. Fr. Vincent Capodanno is spreading throughout the...

In anticipation of the upcoming IAA FESTA ITALIANA on June 10th, we present a short piece on some of the many festivals held in Italy...

Being a predominantly Catholic country, the Easter rituals in Italy are second only to their rituals of Christmas or Il Natale. Like...

It's compelling and baffling as to why the country of Italy, with a history of more than 3,000 years and a name just as old, is roughly...

Th e Carnevale is both an acclaimed Italian festival and a Catholic holiday that is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday, 40 days...

Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp Sought for Father Vincent R. Capodanno, Jr. A short while ago, Vincent Basile, Col. U. S. Army, Retired,...

The Connecticut Italian-American Defense League hosted a Unity Dinner of Conference of Italian American Organizations in CT. The event...