Who We Are

The Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) is the largest and longest-established national organization for men and women of Italian heritage in the United States.

Established in 1905 as a mutual aid society for the early Italian immigrants, today 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.

Our motto, LIBERTY-EQUALITY-FRATERNITY, has inspired thousands of Americans of Italian heritage from all walks of life, to build an outstanding record of accomplishments throughout our more than 100 year history.  In recognition of these accomplishments, the 96th Congress of the United States of America passed, and President Jimmy Carter signed, a proclamation making June 22, 1980, National Italian-American Day in honor of the 75th anniversary of the founding of our order.  Like our motto, this great honor has inspired us to not only continue our great work, but to improve on it!