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Fraternal Union of America – Founded in Denver on September 1, 1896, by F. F. Rose and F. A. Falkenburg. Rose was a member of a number of fraternal groups including the Mason, Heptasophs, Red Men, JOUAM, AOUW, Modern Woodmen, Pythians and Phi Delta Theta. Open to men and women. Had 5,000 members in the late 1890s.
The National Fraternal Order of Police ( FOP) is a fraternal organization consisting of sworn law enforcement officers in the United States. It reports a membership of over 355,000 members organized in 2,100 local chapters (lodges), state lodges, and the national Grand Lodge. The organization attempts to improve the working conditions of law ...
Fraternal Order of Eagles ( F.O.E.) is a fraternal organization that was founded on February 6, 1898, in Seattle, Washington, by a group of six theater-owners including John Cort (the first president), brothers John W. and Tim J. Considine, Harry (H.L.) Leavitt (who later joined the Loyal Order of Moose ), Mose Goldsmith and Arthur Williams. [ 1]
The Fraternal Order of Police said it called the news conference to debunk a false claim in a mailer sent out by the Kansas Democratic Party in support of Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple last week.
B'nai Zion - also known as the Order of the Sons of Zion, B'nai Zion was founded in 1908 as the first explicitly Zionist fraternal order. Membership open to non-Jews since at least 1979. [66] Had a benefit membership of 3,619 in 57 lodges in 1923. [67] Had 24,000 members in the late 1960s, 40,000 in 115 chapters in 1979. [68] 34,000 members in ...
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ( BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order founded in 1868, originally as a social club in New York City . The communal tomb of Elks Lodge No. 30 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The fraternity currently focuses on Community, Friendship and Charity.
RAOB lapel badge with Latin motto and maxim. The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) is one of the largest fraternal movements in the United Kingdom, [ 1] The order started in 1822 and has since spread throughout the former British Empire and elsewhere in the world. It is known as the "Buffs" to members.
Fraternal order. A fraternal order is a voluntary membership group organised as an order, with an initiation ritual and traits alluding to religious, chivalric or pseudo-chivalric orders, guilds, or secret societies. Fraternal orders typically have secular purposes, serving as social clubs, cultural organizations and providing a form of social ...