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The Patriotic Order Sons of America is an American patriotic fraternal organization that traces its origins to the anti-alien riots of the 1840s. Founded in 1847 in Philadelphia, [1] the P.O.S. of A. once had "camps" (chapters) in well over 20 states. At its peak, there were more than 800 Camps in Pennsylvania alone.
George Lippard (ca. 1850). Following the organization of the patriotic American secret societies, the Order of United American Mechanics, and the Patriotic Order of United Sons of America, at Philadelphia in 1845 and 1847, respectively, came the Brotherhood of America, at the same city, in 1850 with similar purposes and characteristics.
United States Benevolent Fraternity – Name of at least two Baltimore-based organizations. One was established in 1890 and disbanded in 1894. A longer-lasting one was established on February 22, 1881, by Thomas H. McGechin. It was open to white men and women and had 1,000 members in the late 1890s. Paid death, total disability, and annuity ...
1918: Established as Camp Holabird on 96 acres of marsh near Colgate Creek. [2] Established as the U.S. Army's first motor transport training center and depot in southeastern Baltimore. It was named for Army Quartermaster General and West Point graduate Samuel B. Holabird (1826-1907).
The Patriotic Order Sons of America Washington Camp 422, also known as the Women's Society of Christian Service Hall, is an historic, American building that is located in Dreher Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
Katherine, 10, and Sheila, 12, lived with their parents and two brothers in Kensington, a tightly-knit, upper-middle-class town in Maryland. After breakfast on March 25, 1975, the girls left for ...
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation, more commonly called just Broad Creek, is the sum of eight separate areas in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.The reservation is 3 miles (4.8 km) from the Maryland and Pennsylvania border within Harford County, 25 miles (40 km) from the Maryland and Delaware border, and 28 miles (45 km) from Baltimore.
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