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377:. Porer was a Freemason, Oddfellow and a member of the Sons of Temperance. Originally a purely local order dedicated to closing bars on Sunday and advocating Temperance generally. It was reorganized into an assessment benefit order at a meeting of the Supreme Council on January 15, 1877. Membership was open to men and women. There were 20,000 beneficiary members and 30,000 social members in the late 1890s. The overall organization was the Supreme Council which met biennially. State or territory organizations were called Grand Councils and local organizations were called Select Councils. There were 7 Grand Councils in the United States and 5 in Canada in the late 1890s. The beneficiary funds were handled by the Supreme Council. The Canadian branch had a separate fund. 406:. Membership was reported to be 20,257 in 1893 and 28,000 in 1897. By the early 1920s this was down to 14,367 members in 357 lodges. In the late 1890s its membership was concentrated in the New England states, but Grand Commanderies also existed in New York, the District of Columbia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana. By the early 1920s it was operating in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Colorado, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Washington state. It merged into the Woodmen of the World in 1962. 461:, though some locals continued using the Band of Hope name. In 1908 there were approximately 15,000 Bands of Hope and other temperance youth organizations with about 20,000 members. The British version of the pledge was "I promise to abstain from all intoxicating drinks". The US version of the pledge: "I hereby solemnly pledge to myself to abstain from intoxicating drinks, including wine, beer and cider as a beverage; from the use of tobacco every form and from all profanity". 353:- Founded September 11, 1914, this organization claimed to be the only life insurance institution that did not insure drinkers. In 1914 it had 559 members. However the group "succumbed to dry rot" and only had 256 members at the time of its formal liquidation on February 21, 1920. During its time of operation the Society's expenses were 152% of its income. On December 31, 1919 its insurance and property were transferred to the 321:– Founded in Boston circa 1840s. It was apparently an imitation of the Rechabites. Once a member broke his pledge he could not be reinstated. Sources differ as to the fate of the order – Albert Stevens, writing in the late 1890s says that while the Order was strong twenty years beforehand, it was now dormant. However, Arthur Preuss states that the order had 35,000 members as late as 1907. 193:. The new degrees were: first, the degree of Heart, teaching duty to self; second, the degree of Charity; third, the degree of Royal Virtue, teaching Duty to God. In 1852 there was a split in the organization when a rival Independent Order of Good Templars was founded. These two later merged under the Independent Order of Good Templars name. 227:– Founded in 1873 in Alabama and Kentucky, as an African-American fraternal society focused on pro-temperance, White-led by the Independent Order of Good Templars. It was later reorganized in c. 1875 as the Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers in Richmond, Virginia, under African American leadership. 393:
this was both a temperance fraternal order and assessment-benefit order. Its organizers were reportedly Freemasons. Membership was open to acceptable white men and women between the ages of 16 and 65. Locals were called Commanderies, state organizations Grand Commanderies and the overall organization
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which had been founded that March. Had initiated over 400,000 members by 1897. It was described as having educational as well as mutual benefit aspects including sickness, death, disability and old age benefits. In 1897 the Order had lodges in every US state and England. Its logo was a dove and olive
221:. The Knights were, like the Sons of Temperance, an all-male order and worked three degrees which the candidate for initiation was never supposed to forget. Within a year the Knights of Jericho reorganized as the Good Templars, an order that was open to both sexes and worked only one degree. 181:. In contrast to the Knights of Jericho, the Good Templars allowed women as well as men to join the organization. It also worked only one degree, the Red Cross, rather than the Knights' three. Soon, however, this proved inadequate and a new three degree system was devised by the Rev. 515:
Cyclopedia of Fraternities: A Compilation of Existing Authentic Information and the Results of Original Investigation as to the Origin, Derivation, Founders, Development, Aims, Emblems, Character, and Personnel of More Than Six Hundred Secret Societies in the United
259: 335:, to his posterity. Motto: "Mercy and Truth are met together". Both orders were reported extinct in the late 1890s. However, Arthur Preuss states that the United Daughters of Rechab had 3,520 members as late as 1913. 412:(the second Klan, born in 1915). Historians agree that the Klan's resurgence in the 1920s was aided by the national debate over Prohibition. The historian Prendergast says that the KKK's "support for 416:
represented the single most important bond between Klansmen throughout the nation". The Klan opposed bootleggers, sometimes with violence. In 1922, two hundred Klan members set fire to saloons in
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branch enclosed in a triangle with the words Love, Purity and Truth emblazoned on them. This symbolized perfection, equality and the trinity. The Order's headquarters were in Washington, D.C.
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and the lodge in Newark met in New York to establish the Grand United Order of Good Samaritans. Also at this meeting a "colored" Independent Order of Good Samaritans was authorized.
83: 357:, to provide anew home for its members. Sixty six members refused to go over to the new organization and took distributive shares of the National Temperance Life Societys' assets. 366: 324: 306: 293: 123: 354: 287: 202: 178: 453:(active) - Juvenile temperance movement that has been active throughout the English-speaking world since 1908. The first Band of Hope was founded in 374: 318: 174: 263: 17: 245: 182: 249: 241: 186: 91: 190: 170: 413: 101: 106: 626: 327:– Founded March 15, 1845. This was a female auxiliary to the Sons of Jonadab. Their pledge was based on "the command of 557: 135: 360: 224: 166: 58: 650: 457:
in 1847. The Band of Hope Union was founded in 1851. In the United States the movement had generally changed its name to
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has taken many organizational forms, from fraternal orders to political parties to activist groups to youth groups.
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remains active today and has lodges worldwide. The reorganization committee consisted of
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One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives
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International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders
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Dominion Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic
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Ammerman, Robert T.; Ott, Peggy J.; Tarter, Ralph E. (1999).
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the Supreme Commandery. The headquarters in the 1890s was in
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Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria
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Prevention and Societal Impact of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
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Svenska Sällskapet för Nykterhet och Folkuppfostran
914: 290:– Juvenile branch of the Sons of Temperance. 581: 960: 71:Blue Ribbon Army or the Gospel Temperance Union 888:. Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press. pp.  749:Preuss p.465. Preuss cites Stevens as well as 727:Preuss p.441. Preuss cites Stevens as well as 543: 541: 539: 537: 535: 533: 67:Arkansas Faith & Ethics Council (active) 879: 266:. It was an authorized branch of the white 92:Ligue de femmes Suisses contre l'alcoolisme 499:A Dictionary of Secret and other Societies 102:National Temperance League (Great Britain) 530: 519:New York, E. B. Treat and Company, 1899 64:Alabama Citizens Action Program (active) 843:New York; Facts on File, inc 1997 p.265 14: 961: 852: 547: 444: 548:Martin, Scott C. (16 December 2014). 275: 268:Grand United Order of Good Samaritans 238:Grand United Order of Good Samaritans 107:People's Democratic Temperance League 912: 424: 361:Pioneer Total Abstinence Association 225:Grand United Order of True Reformers 167:International Order of Good Templars 161:(active) – Founded in 1850 in 80:Christian Action Commission (active) 59:American Council on Alcohol Problems 46:American Character Builders (active) 509:Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980 147: 24: 917:Drink: A Social History of America 753:Vol. XXVII #28 July 10, 1913 p.334 731:Vol. XXVII #28 July 10, 1913 p.334 624: 502:St. Louis, B. Herder Book Co. 1924 475: 231: 136:Woman's Christian Temperance Union 34: 25: 985: 950:New Encyclopedia of Social Reform 859:. Ivan R. Dee. pp. 119–156. 655:African American Registry (AAREG) 643: 618: 880:Prendergast, Michael L. (1987). 387:United Order of the Golden Cross 381:Templars of Honor and Temperance 351:National Temperance Life Society 197:Templars of Honor and Temperance 152: 18:List of Temperance organizations 943: 906: 873: 846: 831: 822: 813: 804: 795: 786: 777: 768: 765:February 1921 vol. XXXI #7 p.13 756: 743: 734: 721: 712: 703: 694: 685: 470: 313:Independent Order of Rechabites 142:World League Against Alcoholism 884:. In Holder, Harold D. (ed.). 676: 667: 609: 600: 566: 13: 1: 523: 300: 97:Mothers Against Drunk Driving 367:Royal Templars of Temperance 7: 205:– Founded in 1850 in 88:Freeway Foundation (active) 57:, which was renamed as the 50:American Temperance Society 10: 990: 853:Pegram, Thomas R. (2011). 439:Scottish Prohibition Party 435:Prohibition Party (Canada) 325:United Daughters of Rechab 307:Encamped Knights of Rechab 112:People's Temperance League 389:- Founded in 1879 by Dr. 339: 969:Temperance organizations 751:La France Antimaçonnique 729:La France Antimaçonnique 346:Knights of Father Mathew 130:White Ribbon Association 459:Loyal Temperance Legion 294:Daughters of Temperance 254:Bridgeport, Connecticut 185:with the assistance of 974:Lists of organizations 418:Union County, Arkansas 215:Lansingburgh, New York 913:Barr, Andrew (1999). 763:The Fraternal Monitor 631:Encyclopedia Virginia 625:Hollie, Donna Tyler. 552:. SAGE Publications. 373:February 16, 1870 by 355:American Life Society 586:. Psychology Press. 404:Knoxville, Tennessee 288:Cadets of Temperance 512:Stevens, Albert C. 445:Youth organizations 29:temperance movement 923:Carroll & Graf 505:Schmidt, Alvin J. 489:Facts on File, Inc 465:Lincoln Lee Legion 282:Sons of Temperance 276:Sons of Temperance 219:Sons of Temperance 203:Knights of Jericho 118:Raittiuden Ystävät 55:Anti-Saloon League 559:978-1-4833-7438-3 431:Prohibition Party 425:Political parties 371:Buffalo, New York 179:William B. 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Index

List of Temperance organizations
temperance movement
Alcohol Justice
American Temperance Society
Anti-Saloon League
American Council on Alcohol Problems
Blue Ribbon Army or the Gospel Temperance Union
Catch-my-Pal
Dominion Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic
Ligue de femmes Suisses contre l'alcoolisme
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
National Temperance League (Great Britain)
People's Democratic Temperance League
People's Temperance League
Raittiuden Ystävät
Svenska Sällskapet för Nykterhet och Folkuppfostran
White Ribbon Association
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
World League Against Alcoholism
Good Templars
Utica, New York
International Order of Good Templars
L. E. Coon
J. E. N. Backus
William B. Hudson
D. W. Bristol
M. R. Banard
C. S. Miles
Templars of Honor and Temperance
Knights of Jericho

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