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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.
The Brotherhood flourished principally in the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. [1] Its membership was given as about 25,000 in 1907. While the Brotherhood was similar to the Order of United American Mechanics and the Patriotic Order Sons of America, [2] it was the "premier nonpolitical land-reform organization of the 1850s". [3]
The "Junior American Protestant Association", modelled probably after the original "junior order," that of the Sons of America, was founded in 1864, and like the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, afterwards declared its independence of the parent society, even going so far as to change its name, in 1890, to "Loyal Knights of America ...
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Originally only open to men, but women were later accepted as social members, and as full members by the time of the Order's demise. The age limits of the order were 18–65. The order had about 125,000 members throughout its existence, with a high of 70,000 to 63,000 when it went into receivership in August 1892.
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