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75th Anniversary 10c postage stamp (1974). The VFW resulted from the amalgamation of several societies formed immediately following the Spanish–American War.In 1899, little groups of veterans returning from campaigning in Cuba and the Philippine Islands, founded local societies upon a spirit of comradeship known only to those who faced the dangers of that war side by side.
The Military Order of the Cootie of the United States (MOC, or simply Military Order of the Cootie) is a national honor degree membership association separately constituted as a subordinate and as an auxiliary order chartered by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW). [1]
Royal Neighbors of America - originally the auxiliary of the Modern Woodmen of America, before it became its own group. [47] Woodmen Circle - a former auxiliary of the Woodmen of the World, this group merged with Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society in 1965. [48] Woodman Rangers and Rangerettes - founded in 1903, open to boys and girls ...
Sep. 15—SCRANTON — Dating to 1917, a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in North Scranton that is one of the oldest in the nation hopes to last for another century, at least. While many other VFWs ...
Soon after the Spanish–American War ended, in early 1899, discharged veterans formed fraternal societies to keep in touch with their former comrades. These included the Spanish War Veterans, the Spanish–American War Veterans, the Servicemen of the Spanish War, American Veterans of Foreign Service, the Army of the Philippines, the Veteran Army of the Philippines, the Legion of Spanish War ...
Duboistown is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,198 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ] It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area .
A connected organization, the Knights of the Globe Mutual Benefit Association was created in 1890 and open only to members of the order or its female auxiliary, the Daughters of the Globe. Among the founders were Scottish Rite Freemasons, Oddfellows, members of the AOUW, the Royal Arcanum, American Legion of Honor, Woodmen of the World, and the ...
John DuBois left the West Branch Susquehanna Valley before Duboistown was established as a borough. He sold his business interests and moved west to Clearfield County. He became quite wealthy and the city of DuBois was named in his honor. The town built by the DuBois brothers is by no means the beginning of the history of Duboistown.