The Garibaldi Lodge #542 app was created to help build a closer-knit fraternity among Brothers: you can join conversations, share photos, learn about events, adn find contact info for all Brothers."
General descritpion of the lodge: During the first half of the 19th Century there existed in New York four Masonic Lodges whose members were predominately of Latin extraction: L’Union Francaise No.17, La Cincerit No. 373 and La Clemente Amitie Compolite No. 410 working in the French language and La Fraternidad No. 387 in Spanish. Many Italian pioneers, being men of culture, and familiar with these romantic languages, joined these lodges. In 1853, Attilio Massabo and other Italians Brothers decided to form a new Lodge, working in their native language – Italian, and to name it in honor of Garibaldi whose service had immortalized him with glory akin to that of our great Washington. Garibaldi Lodge No. 542, the first Italian speaking Lodge in the United States was born, named after the hero of two worlds. Giuseppe Garibaldi, who was then Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Palermo, thanked the Brothers of the Lodge named for him. Today, Garibaldi Lodge No. 542 under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York, still remains one of the only Italian speaking Lodges in the United States. For more information on Garibaldi Lodge, please visit www.GaribaldiLodge.com