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From the early days of Odd fellowship sprang two fraternal orders, the 'Patriotic Order' and the 'Ancient Order'.The existence of the 'Patriotic' Order has been confirmed, as a copy of the rituals revised by a meeting of the Grand Lodge held in London in 1797 has come to hand.
Odd Fellows (often incorrectly written as Oddfellows; also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship [1]) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first known lodge was called Loyal Aristarcus Lodge No. 9, suggesting there were earlier ones in the 18th century.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was established in Cuba when Porvenir Lodge no.1 was instituted in Havana on August 26, 1883. More lodges were then instituted the following years. [31] In 2012 there were about 116 Odd Fellows Lodges, 50 Rebekahs Lodges, 33 Encampments, 12 cantons and 2 Junior Lodges, totaling to about 15,000 members in ...
The Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans (AMOS) is an unofficial appendant body of all Odd Fellows.It is recognized as the "playground for Odd Fellowship", (comparable to The "Shriners" within Freemasonry) [1] and is known for engaging in public and private hijinks and spectacle, all in the name of good, clean fun.
The Odd Fellows, he said, was the second oldest, behind the Masons. Through the years the building housed a variety of businesses, including a grocery store, a men’s clothing store, a flower ...
As a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, (when the Protestant William of Orange replaced the Catholic King James II), in the mid-18th century the Oddfellows split into The Order of Patriotic Oddfellows (based in the south of England and supporting William) [c] and The Ancient Order of Oddfellows (based in the north and favouring the Stuarts).
The bodies were moved to two other cemeteries owned by the Odd Fellows – Mount Peace Cemetery in Philadelphia and Lawnview Memorial Park. [ 10 ] In 1973, the Oddfellows Cemetery Company of Philadelphia [ 11 ] installed a flag pole in Lawnview Memorial Park with a memorial plaque commemorating veterans buried in Lawnview and other current and ...
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