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Organized by those who love and respect the rich and important history of the vast variety of ritual-based fraternal organizations.
Please take some time to look around and enjoy our website, provided to assist researchers, students, and families in understanding the importance of the fraternal movement in American history.
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As is befitting its quintessential Victorian title, the Cyclopedia is, without a doubt, the single most important book on the history of American Fraternalism.
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Before the creation of government social warfare programs, such as Social Security (1935), Medicare (1966) ,and even before the Veterans Administration (1930), every American was responsible for his or her own health, welfare and...
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” are a revelation, not a puzzle. Through their mysteries and ceremonies we progress literally by degrees to an understanding of the motives that lay hold upon men in group...
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