Spring 2018 Bocce Tournament

Donna Rapuano rolls while Dom Michini looks on. Photo courtesy of Christopher Permar.

Prince of Piedmont Lodge No. 475, Order of the Sons of Italy in America, observed one of its own rites of spring recently: The annual spring bocce tournament.

Prince of Piedmont Lodge was established to serve the burgeoning Italian-American community on Wilmington’s West Side and chartered in 1916, making it the first OSIA lodge in Delaware. The state has three other OSIA affiliated lodges: Giuseppe Verdi, also in Wilmington, St. Gabriel in New Castle and Caesar Rodney in Dover.

Lodge President Jimmy Lemmon gets the ball rolling. Photo courtesy of Christopher Permar.

Robin Cunningham rolls while Mel Dougherty (left) and Pat Michini keep an eye on the action. Photo courtesy of Christopher Permar.