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The "General Grand Chapter" was formed in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 6, 1876. Committees formed at that time created the Ritual of the Order of the Eastern Star in more or less its current form. Emblem and heroines. The emblem of the Order is a five-pointed star with the white ray of the star pointing downwards towards the manger.
The idea for the creation of an Order of the Eastern Star for black women was first proposed by William Myers, a Grand Master in the Prince Hall Jurisdiction of the District of Columbia. With Georgiana Thomas he set about getting the ritual and organization approved by the official of the Lodge and the first Chapter of the Prince Hall Order of ...
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services ( Cal OES) is a California cabinet-level office responsible for overseeing and coordinating emergency preparedness, response, recovery and homeland security activities within the state. [1] The agency was created by AB 38 (2008), superseding both the Office of Emergency Services (OES) and ...
A high-ranking Cal OES official is accused of hampering wildfire recovery efforts to retaliate against a subordinate who had rejected his sexual advances.
Rob Morris was born on August 31, 1818, in New York City. His father's name was Robert Peckham (1789–1825) and his mother was Charlotte Lavinia Shaw Peckham (1786–1837). Charlotte and Robert Peckham had five children. The first two, John Fales Peckham and Mary Shaw Peckham, died in infancy. The third child, John Anson Peckham was born in ...
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn KG, CB, PC (Ire) (1838–1913), styled Viscount Hamilton until 1868 and Marquess of Hamilton from 1868 to 1885, was a British nobleman and diplomat. Grand Master of Ireland in 1886. [1] James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn FRS PC (1686–1744), was a Scottish and Irish nobleman.
Prince Hall Order of Eastern Star Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star is an auxiliary order to Prince Hall Freemasonry founded in 1874. [12] Order of the Amaranth The ritual of the Order of the Amaranth was conceived in 1860 to be loosely based on a society with a similar name instituted over two centuries earlier by Queen Christina of Sweden .
The Order of the Amaranth is a Masonic-affiliated organization for Master Masons and their Ladies founded in 1873.As in the Order of the Eastern Star, members of the Order must be age 18 and older; men must be Master Masons; and women must be related to Masons as wives, mothers, daughters, widows, sisters, nieces, aunts, et cetera, or have been active members of the International Order of the ...