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<br />T <br />Vital Statistics <br />Founded: February 6,1898, Seattle, <br />Washington <br />Name: Seattle Order of Good <br />flings (Changed to Fratemal Order <br />of Eagles) . <br />Emblem: Bald Eagle <br />1st Grand Worthy President: John <br />=tort - ~- ~ _. - - - ~-- -° <br />Informal Slogan: "Eagles are People <br />Helping People" <br />Fairly History <br />On the tideland flats of waterfron <br />Seattle on February 6, 1898, Joh <br />Cort, John W Considine and hi <br />brother, T.J., Mose Goldsmith, H.L. <br />Leavitt, and Melvin ~nstock forme <br />the Order of Good flings. fieatr <br />oriented, the Bella Union fieatr <br />became their club, the stage thei <br />meeting room. <br />Name Change <br />As membership grew a more sym <br />bolic name was indicated. fie bal <br />eagle was chosen and the Fratema <br />Order of Eagles formed a Gran <br />Aerie in April of 1898, secured <br />charter, drew up a constitution a <br />by-laws and elected its first presi <br />dent. <br />• g ~ Flrst Public Plea For <br />Mother's Day <br />-Sponsored•Americas _ = <br />Flrst Mothers Pension <br />Law <br />• Sponsored Americas <br />First Workman's <br />Compensation Laws <br />• Sponsored Americas <br />Flrst Old Age Pension <br />Law <br />• Creation and Formation <br />of Ladies A~ciliaries <br />• Supported Enactment of <br />Social Security Law <br />• ~ Dedicated Eagles <br />Dormitory at Boys Town <br />Nebraska <br />• ~ ~ Established the Eagles <br />Memorial Foundation <br />• ~ financed the Entrance tc <br />the Chapel of the Four <br />Chaplains <br />^~ <br />S~o i 0~ <br />Eagle Progress <br />• Established Eagle House <br /> in Free Berlin, Germany <br />• Inaugurated Nationwide, <br /> "Jobs After 40", Program <br />• Established Max Baer <br /> Heart Fund <br /> Established Eagle-CARE <br />- . .-t Trade-School in.Naples.--_ <br />• . ~ Dedicated Eagle Hall at <br /> Home on the Range for <br /> Boys in North Dakota <br />• . Dedicated Eagle ~Ilage in <br /> Florida as Senior Eagle <br /> Retirement Home <br />• .. Establishment of Ralph <br /> Bird Memorial Library at <br /> Eagle village <br />• . Establishment of Jimmy <br /> Durante Children's Fund <br />• ~ Established Eagle Ridge <br /> village, Topeka, Kansas <br /> Established Max <br /> Schroeder House in <br />I South Korea <br /> Established Golden Eagle <br /> fund <br />• Established Robert W <br /> Hansen Diabetes Fund <br />• Flrst Telethon for Hughen <br /> School for Children, Port <br />• _ _ _ _ _ Arthur, Texas - _ <br />• ; 9 Eagles Bob Hope High <br /> School Dedicated at <br /> Hughen School, Port <br /> Arthur, Texas <br />• ; Eagles-CARE Poland Food <br /> Program <br />• ; First Memorial <br /> Foundation College <br /> Scholarship to Graduate <br /> of Bob Hope High <br /> t <br />n <br />s <br />d <br />e <br />e <br />r <br />d <br />d <br />a <br />~ <br />School <br />Max Baer Heart Fund <br />offers Flrst Grants to <br />Aerie-Sponsored CPR <br />Classes <br />• ; ~ $405,000 donated to <br />Eagles Truman <br />Cardiovascular Lab at <br />Research Medical Center, <br />Kansas City. President <br />Truman was aLife-time <br />Eagle Member <br />• ; ~ Golden Eagle Fund starts <br /> program of $5,000 <br /> Grants to institutions <br /> doing Alzheimer's <br /> Disease Research <br />• ; Eagles mark $1 million in <br /> donations to St Judes <br /> Hospital <br />• : ~_ -:Establish=Child Abuse- -- <br /> Hot Line at Child <br /> HeIpNSA <br />• ; • Eagles launch "Crack <br /> Down C>rt Crack" Drive <br /> Contributions to Eagles <br /> Max Baer Heart fund <br /> Research Lab at Sutter <br /> Medical Research <br /> Foundation reach <br /> $600,000 <br />• ; Eagles-CARE Drive to <br /> help poor in Belize is <br /> launched <br />Ground-breaking for 44 <br />new cottages at Eagle <br />Village <br />• ; ; Matching Grants up to <br />$500 offered Aeries/ <br />Ainciliaries that sponsor <br />Drug Education Seminars <br />Dolores Hope Ubrary <br />dedicated to Bob Hope <br />High School <br />Eagles honor the <br />- - Unknown Soldiers in <br />Arlington National <br />Cemetery with a plaque <br />on February 4,1988 <br />• ; • Eagles launch Petition <br />Drive to make desecra- <br />tion of the American Flag <br />a Federal Crime <br />• • ~ Memorial Foundation <br />inueases Educational <br />Grants <br />• • Eagle Drive for support <br />of our military in <br />Operation Desert Storm <br />with mail and food <br />packages <br />• • Eagles Mildred and <br />Claude Pepper <br />Foundation Co-Sponsor <br />Health Care/Symposium <br />Eagles launch fund to aid <br />Florida Hurricane <br />Andrew victims <br />• • Eagles launch Flood <br />Operations Eagles Fund <br />to help Midwest Flood <br />Victims <br />Memorial Foundation <br />funds Scholarship <br />Program at Chapel of the <br />Four Chaplains <br />- • • ~ The Eagles Donor Frihii - - <br />established <br />• • fie Fratemal Order of <br />Eagles donates $50,000 <br />for the Eagle Alcove of <br />the Franklin Delano <br />Roosevelt Memorial, Tidal <br />Basin, Washington, D.C. <br />Roosevelt was alife-time <br />member of the Fratemal <br />C>rder of Eagles <br />• • . Dedication on February <br />47,1996 of the Fratemal <br />Order of Eagles Memorial <br />Plaque at the National <br />Memorial Cemetery of <br />the Pacific, Honolulu, <br />Hawaii, in honor of those <br />who lost their lives in <br />Worid War II <br />• • ; 100th ANNIVERSARY <br />INTERNATIONAL <br />CONVENTION TAKES <br />PLACE <br />$1,000,000 given to <br />- - - charities-at-Grand Aerie - <br />Convention <br />• • • Memorial Foundation <br />establishes H.O.M.E. <br />Fund and G.R.E.A.T <br />program <br />April 49th is designated <br />as Judge Bob Hartsen <br />Day. <br />~ ~ Memorial Foundation <br />establishes the Attack on <br />America Fund. <br />Memorial Foundation <br />expands benefits to all <br />Eagle members. <br />Eagles purchase property <br />to consolidate National <br />Headquarters. <br />~ ~ International <br />Headquarters opens in <br />Grove City, OH <br />