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North Side Lodge 124 I.B.P.O.E.W. marching club, Sunday, June 13th, 1925, Pittsburgh, taken outside of Watt School The Order claims descent from the Free African Society , the first formal black society in America, founded in 1787 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania as a mutual aid society by Absalom Jones and Richard Allen .
The Elks Mutual Benefit Association (EMBA) was founded in 1878. At the 1885 Grand Lodge, it was reported that the EMBA was prosperous, but its finances were carelessly managed. The Association was disbanded after the 1907 Grand Lodge passed a resolution banning mutual or insurance features, as well as degrees and auxiliaries. [5]
The Daughters organized as a national organization or "Grand Temple," with temples from Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, for the National Elks convention on September 9, 1903. [ 5 ] The Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World did not officially accept the Daughters but Kelley was elected to put together a ritual ...
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in United States. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).
Representative in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Grand Exalted Ruler of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks of the World Hobson R. Reynolds (September 13, 1898 – February 4, 1991) was an African-American funeral director, a state legislator, public official, judge, and civil rights leader who lived in Pennsylvania.
BPOE Lodge: Golden Block: c.1910 built 1991(?) NRHP-listed 2004 NRHP delisted 12 N. 4th St. Grand Forks, North Dakota: Early Commercial [1] 38: Elks Lodge No. 841: 1904 built 3250 Richmond Ave Staten Island, New York: old English architecture [1] 39: Elks Lodge No. 878: 1924 built 2014 NRHP-listed 82-10 Queens Boulevard Queens, New York
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in North America. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).
He was elected the leader, or Grand Exalted Ruler, of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World on August 28, 1922. [10] [6] Wilson grew the membership of the Elks from 30,000 to 500,000 by his death. [9] He was a Republican. [11]