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Michigan Department of Information Technology [7] Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation, abolished by Governor Engler with most of the department transfer to the Department of Commerce until Commerce was split up with the former L&R powers transferred to the Department of Consumer and Industry Services [1] Michigan Department of Labor ...
Orders of chivalry awarded to heads of state, consorts and sovereign family members (103 C, 158 P) M. ... Knight Bachelor; Knight's Cross; Knights of Cardone; O.
In 1920 it was reported to have 20,000 members in 114. At that time the Orders Director-General resided at Reading, Pennsylvania [334] The order worked three degrees – Knight Junior, Knight Bachelor, and Knight Errant. The order's emblem is a triangle in a circle, a pot, bows, and arrows, and crossed swords. The order's only beneficiary ...
An order of knights is a community of knights composed by order rules with the main purpose of an ideal or charitable task. The original ideal lay in monachus et miles (monk and knight), who in the order – ordo (Latin for 'order' / 'status') – is dedicated to a Christian purpose. The first orders of knights were religious orders that were ...
The ceremony of the order was calculated to inculcate the values of harmony, wisdom, and justice. The order's emblem was an "interlaced triangle" with a representation of Abraham about to sacrifice Jacob. The order offered sickness and death insurance, assuring its members would be buried by Jewish law and become good American citizens. [94]
The rank of Commendatore (Knight Commander) is a higher award than Ufficiale (Officer), which in turn is higher than Cavaliere (Knight), the first level in this order of chivalry. The Italian government's orders are exceptional to the international standard in that they do not officially have special ranks or decorations for females (Dames).
The building that now houses the Prince Hall Grand Lodge was commissioned 1920 for the Order of the Amaranth of Wayne County. The Order hired Detroit architect Bernard C. Wetzel to design the building; construction was completed in 1924. As originally built, the building had a three-story temple facing McDougall and aa attached two-story ...
The Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries was a portmanteau agency created by executive reorganization in October 2001 during the administration of Governor John Engler. The specific functions of the department dated back to the publication startup of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections in 1874, followed by the creation ...