Knights of Pythias
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The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization founded in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1864. The Knights of Pythias was the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of t
Knights of Pythias membership certificate, 1890
Knights of Pythias in a parade in Toledo, Ohio, 1890s
Knights of Pythias in a parade in Racine, Wisconsin, 1910
Plaque in Washington, D.C., designating the location where the Knights of Pythias were founded in 1864
Golden Age of Fraternalism
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The Golden Age of Fraternalism is a term referring to a period when membership in the fraternal societies in the United States grew at a very rapid pace in the latter third of the 19th century and con
Knights of Pythias
…means; and that I do not seek by force or violence to deny to other persons their rights under the laws of such country. By the end of the so-called "Golden Age of Fraternalism" in the early 1920s, the order had nearly a million members. By 1979, however, this number had declined to fewer than 200,000. The order provides for…
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is an example of one of the monumental buildings sponsored by the Freemasons during the "Golden Age of Fraternalism."
The Bosses of the Senate by Joseph Keppler