Our Heritage
In the 1920’s a group of Italian immigrants got together to establish a social society to help themselves and fellow immigrants from Italy fully embrace the promise which is the United States of America.
The Italian-American Citizens Club of Dedham, chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1929, was a gathering spot for members to learn about in their words “becoming an Italian-American.”
A few decades later in the nearby Boston neighborhood of Hyde Park, another group of Italian immigrants, seeking to continue the tradition of venerating their Italian town’s patron saint, formed the San Giovanni Battista Society. This society provided support and common fellowship not only for their paisani, but also for other local Italian immigrants from nearly every other Italian region who settled in the area.
In 2008, the two organizations merged to form the Italian-American Citizens Club-San Giovanni Battista and is still located in Dedham in the recently renovated original building built by the IACC in 1935.
The Italian-American Citizens Club of Dedham, chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1929, was a gathering spot for members to learn about in their words “becoming an Italian-American.”
A few decades later in the nearby Boston neighborhood of Hyde Park, another group of Italian immigrants, seeking to continue the tradition of venerating their Italian town’s patron saint, formed the San Giovanni Battista Society. This society provided support and common fellowship not only for their paisani, but also for other local Italian immigrants from nearly every other Italian region who settled in the area.
In 2008, the two organizations merged to form the Italian-American Citizens Club-San Giovanni Battista and is still located in Dedham in the recently renovated original building built by the IACC in 1935.