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The Knights of Honor (K. of H.), was a fraternal order and secret society in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Knights were one of the most successful fraternal beneficiary societies of its time.
Knights of Honor; Knights of Honor of the World – Founded circa 1890s in Natchez, Mississippi. [180] Apparently defunct by the early 1920s. [181] Knights and Ladies of America – Founded 1894 in New York. Founders included Freemasons, members of the American Legion of Honor, Royal Arcanum, and the JOUAM. Open to men and women 16–60.
The Knights and Ladies of Honor originated as a splinter group of the Knights of Honor, a fraternal secret society founded in 1873.In 1875, the Knights of Honor created an auxiliary, the Degree of Protection, open to wives, mothers, widows and unmarried daughters and sisters of members of the Knights of Honor, as well as male members of the parent order.
Early in the group's history, when a man was inducted into the Knights of Pythias, he received a ceremonial sword. [3] Such a sword might be given to a Pythian by family members, business associates, or others as a token of esteem. Markings on swords varied widely. Most swords were inscribed with the initials "FCB", which stand for the Pythian ...
Knights of Honor is a real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Bulgarian Black Sea Studios. It was published by Sunflowers Interactive in Europe in 2004 and Paradox Interactive in North America in 2005. The game takes place in Medieval Europe, spanning the early centuries of the second millennium in three historical time periods. The player ...
The Knights of Columbus was among the first groups to recruit blood donors, with formal efforts dating to 1937 during the Great Depression. As of 2013, the order had more than 1.8 million member families and 15,000 councils. During the 2012 fraternal year, the order donated $167 million and 70 million man-hours to charity. [7]
Nov. 11—FARGO — No doubt many of you know about Honor Flight. Some of you have flown on trips to Washington, D.C., as an honored veteran or with a loved one who is. Maybe you volunteered or ...
The history of the Knights of Columbus begins with its founding in 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney at St. Mary's Parish in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The Knights of Columbus was initially a mutual benefit society for a membership of practicing male Catholics. Today, it advocates for Catholic causes and provides a range of ...