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In 1989, Congress designated October as Italian Heritage Month. Italian Heritage Month. This month provides the opportunity to highlight and recognize the many achievements, contributions, and successes of Americans of Italian descent as well as Italians in America.

We honor the achievements and contributions of Italian immigrants and their descendants living in the United States, but even more specifically, the Mohawk Valley

Over 5.4 million Italians immigrated to the United States between 1820 and 1992. Today, there are over 26 million Americans of Italian descent in the United States, making them the fifth largest ethnic group. The country was even named after an Italian, the explorer and geographer Amerigo Vespucci. The presence of Italians in the Mohawk Valley can be traced to Dr. John B. Marchisi, a pharmacist, who is noted to have arrived in Utica in 1817 and is said to be its first Italian citizen, and was the first of thousands of Italians to arrive in Oneida and Herkimer Counties over the next century.

 October 2025 Italian Heritage Month Flag Raising Events 

October 1st (Wednesday) – 4 PM Flag raising, Herkimer County Office Building, 109 Mary Street, Herkimer.

October 3rd (Friday)  – 10 AM Flag raising, Rome Veterans Memorial Park, North James Street.. We will then proceed to St. Peter’s Church across the street for a wreath-laying ceremony.

October 10th (Friday) – 11 am. Flag raising, Utica City Hall, a wreath laying ceremony will also take place at the Christopher Columbus statue at the Parkway.

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