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The Fascist Civil and Military Order of the Roman Eagle founded in 1942 with civil and military divisions, [1] was abolished in Italy in 1944; [2] although it continued to be awarded by Benito Mussolini in the short-lived Italian Social Republic until 1945. [3]
Fraternal Order of Eagles – Fra≤ternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) is an international 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 ...
Order of the Black Eagle, Albania; Order of the Eagle of Este (Duchy of Modena) Most Excellent Order of the Eagle (Namibia) Order of the German Eagle (Third Reich) Order of the Golden Eagle (Kazakhstan) Order of the Mexican Eagle; Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia) Order of the Roman Eagle (Fascist Italy) Order of the White Eagle (disambiguation ...
Verginia, or Virginia (c. 465 BC – 449 BC), was the subject of an ancient Roman story recounted in Roman historian Livy's text Ab Urbe Condita. Upon a threat to her virtue, Verginia was killed by her father Verginius. Livy directly links Verginia's death to the overthrow of the decemviri and the re-establishment of the Roman Republic. [1] [2]
Roman ornament with an aquila (100–200 AD) from the Cleveland Museum of Art A modern reconstruction of an aquila. An aquila (Classical Latin: [ˈakᶣɪla]; lit. ' eagle ') was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, the "eagle
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Building is a historic Fraternal Order of Eagles clubhouse located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1914, and is a three-story, three bay by six bay, rectangular brick building in the Neoclassical Revival style. In 2005, the building was renovated into apartments with a commercial space in the basement. [3]
A rare photograph of the Annex may be viewed at the University of Virginia's online visual history collection.) [10] In 1895, the Rotunda was gutted by a fire that started in the Annex. [ 11 ] University students saved what was, for them, the most important item within the Rotunda—a life-size likeness of Thomas Jefferson carved from marble ...
The council was formed in 1972, following the merger of the former Piedmont and Blue Ridge councils into one consolidated council serving 21 counties. [3] The Piedmont Council's headquarters had been in Lynchburg, Virginia, and after the merger the Blue Ridge Council's headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia, became the merged council's headquarters for its 13,562 members.