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c1910 FLT A little Odd Fellow Wearing His First Pin Print with Oak Frame. 5.5" x<br>6.25" framed with no issues.<br><br>Odd Fellows’ history is either a few hundred years old; or it’s very ancient<br>depending upon what you read. No one knows exactly how far back it goes, but<br>what we do know is that, despite historians’ best efforts to uncover these<br>things, the first Oddfellows (the British spell it as one word) date back to the<br>late 1700s as a “friendly society” or “box club.” A box club is a group that<br>uses a collection box to help members who fall on hard times.<br><br>The Odd Fellows in America (several different orders including the Grand United<br>Order of Odd Fellows, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, et al.) got their<br>starts by receiving a charter from a British Oddfellows organization to form<br>their own lodges. Eventually, these organizations broke from England and formed<br>their own leadership structures aside from those where Oddfellowship started.<br><br>The mission of Odd Fellows, summarized succinctly, is to benefit the member and<br>to benefit their community. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows prohibit<br>discussion of politics and but they do require an allegiance to the government<br>of which they are a citizen and also to acknowledge the existence of a higher<br>power; once these requirements are met there is no further discussion on these<br>subjects while meeting with each other.<br>isshelf
