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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.
Open to acceptable white men aged 18–50 who could pass a medical examination. There were 4,500 members in the late 1890s. Membership concentrated in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. [203] Had 3,100 members in 1905, 2,300 in 1910. [204] State organizations called Grand Councils, overall organization the supreme council.
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.
Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, And be the battle queen of yore, Maryland! My Maryland! II Hark to an exiled son's appeal, Maryland! My mother State! to thee I kneel, Maryland! For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal, And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland! My ...
Awards are made by both the national Order and the state societies. [9] The "Order of the Founders and Patriots of America Award" has been called "the Heisman Trophy of Army ROTC" [10] and is awarded based on criteria that include the number of United States Army officers a unit commissions and the academic performance of cadets. [11]
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The Maryland State Boychoir is an internationally touring American boys' choir based in Baltimore, Maryland.It was founded in 1987 by Frank Cimino, and was designated by Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer as "Maryland's Official Goodwill Ambassadors".