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Fraternalism in America
April 2019
Table
of Contents
(Please note
that many of the fraternities listed in this section have no real connection to
Freemasonry. Many of these Orders were created and established by Masons but
they are not recognized as being apart of the Masonic fraternity.)
An Illustrated History of American
Fraternalism
 Name
and Status Changes of Fraternal Benefit Societies
Chronology of Fraternal
Organizations in America
AAOOAA AEO
of Sciots
American Legion
AOUW
AOKMC
Artisian Order of Mutual Protection
Black Orders
The
Bohemian Club and Grove
Catholic Orders
Christian
Endeavor
Civil War Orders
Council of Engineers
Crusade
Orders
DAR
Druids Dual
Orders
Eagles
E
Clampus Vitus Elks
Epworth League Foresters
GAR
Grange
Greek Fraternity Pins
Haymakers
Heptasophs
International Orders and Decorations
Jewish Orders
Jr.
OUAM
Ku Klux Klan
K.G.E.
Knights
and Ladies of Ehud
Knights of Birmingham
Knights of the Golden Circle
Knights
of Friendship
Knights of Labor
Mystic Knights of the Sea
Knights of Malta
Knights of Pythias
Knights of St. John Lions
Maccabees Masonic
Square Clubs
Military Orders
Moose
Imperial
Order of Muscovites
NEOP
Odd
Fellows
OOH&P/AMOS
Orange Order
Order of Lafayette
Order of Owls
Order of the Secret Monitor
Order of St. George
Organic
FOBs
Oriental Order of the Palm and Shell
Police
P.O.S.
of A.
Primrose League
Railroad Orders
RAOB
(Buffalos)
Red
Men
Royal Arcanum
Royal Highlanders
Sons of England
Scottish-American
Clans
Shepherds of Bethlehem
Skulls and Bones Stonecutters
Tribe of Ben Hur
Temperance Orders
Tin
Can Tourists
Townsend Clubs
Turtles
United
Commercial Travelers
Veterans' Fun-and-Honor Orders
Woodmen
Yeomen
Miscellaneous & Mystery Orders
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Bibliography and
Sources of Information
International
Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders, The;
by Alan Axelrod; published by Facts on File, Inc.
© 1997.
Secret Societies
of All Ages and Countries, The;
by Charles William Heckethorn, In two volumes; by University Books
© 1965.
Greenwood
Encyclopedia of American Institutions, The; "Fraternal Organizations"
by Alvin J. Schmidt - Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut - London, England.
And, last but not
least, I am grateful for information contributed to this fraternalism section by
the following Patrons:
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Burke Gray
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Denis P.
McGowan
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Stephan Patrick
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Samuel Sade
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Mark Tabbert
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Joe Opauski
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Kate Gladstone
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Kathleen Owens
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