They marched proudly in parades, stepping to the marching band's beat in the Cardillo-Campagnone Brothers Post No. 1's crisp dark-colored uniforms. They marked veterans' graves with flags for Memorial Day. They took every opportunity to extol the virtues of civic life and exercise them.

They were the the first post in Massachusetts made entirely of Italian-American veterans.
Sam Pauta was a civic-minded leader in the civic-oriented group. He is also one of the last members of the now defunct but once thriving organization.

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