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At this point, the organization was known as the Knights of the Star of Bethlehem. The Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania was instituted in 1870 and the Eminent Grand Commandery of North America in 1871. The order prospered for a while but membership declined between 18778 and 1884 and the organization was reorganized under the above name.
The first documented presence of Freemasonry in New York dates from the mid-1730s, when Daniel Coxe Jr. (1673–1739), was appointed by Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk, the Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England, known to historians as the "Moderns", to act as a Provincial Grand Master for the provinces of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
In the York Rite system it is conferred before the Templar Degree; in the 'stand-alone' tradition it is conferred subsequently to the Templar Degree. It is known by varying degrees of formality as the Order of Malta, or the Order of Knights of Malta, or the Ancient and Masonic Order of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes, and Malta. In ...
Front cover of the first Grand Lodge proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Nevada in the year 1865 or 5865 N∴ E∴ C∴ – North-east Corner. N'o∴ P∴ V∴ D∴ M∴ – N'oubliez pas vos décorations Maçonniques , "Do not forget your Masonic regalia" (French), a phrase used in France on the corner of a summons.
The Grand Encampment of the United States acknowledges the existence of these theories but states that there is no proof to justify such claims. [7] A local Knights Templar division is called a Commandery and operates under a state level Grand Commandery as well as The Grand Encampment of the United States. This is unique among Masonic bodies ...
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. Founded on April 6, 1866 in Springfield , Illinois on the principles of "Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty" by Benjamin F. Stephenson, it was ...
Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria - Founded September 14, 1847, as a temperance order in New York City by I. W. B. Smith. It was an authorized branch of the white Grand United Order of Good Samaritans which had been founded that March. Had initiated over 400,000 members by 1897.
The Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania claims to be the first Royal Arch Grand Chapter in North America and was formed on November 23, 1795, by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, [29] while the first Chapter in the southern states was constituted in 1855 [30] (like the State of the Indiana [31]) and in 1876. [32]