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Supreme
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Our purpose is to help preserve the rich and colorful history
of The Order of Knights of Pythias.
To accomplish this, we rely on our brothers, sisters, historians
and Pythian friends to send us
information and web links about past events, former members
and related historical subjects.
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History
History (non-ritual)
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Justus H. Rathbone - Founder of the Kights of Pythias - Feb
19, 1864
Died on December 9, 1889 at the age of fifty.
Five Original Members:
Justus H. Rathbone, Robert A. Champion, William H. Burnett,
David L. Burnett, and Edward S. Kimball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Pythias
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James R. Carnahan,
Commander of the Uniformed Rank(UR)
www.JamesrCarnahan.com - Jump
link to KOPhistory.com/Knights (History)
Feb 19 1864 - Beginning of the Kights of Pythias.
www.Feb191864.com - Jump link to www.KOPhistory.com/history
Samuel
Read, the first Supreme Chancellor, in 1871
Clarence W. Barton / Joseph T. K. Plant / J. Rufus Smith
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Knights of Pythias Library (non-ritual)
“Tactics and Manual for Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias”, First
edition published in Cincinnati, Ohio in July 1883.
“Pythias Knighthood: Its History and Literature”, published
at Cincinnati, OH 1888 (Archive.org)
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online
Author: James R. Carnahan, Commander of the Uniformed Rank(UR)*
*The Uniformed Rank (UR) came into being in 1878. A great many
Pythians were Civil War Veterans and some lodges formed their
own military drill teams. This would in time evolve into the
Uniformed Ranks. The Pythian UR
was sometimes known as the Army of the Lily.
William D. Kennedy’s Pythian History published in 1904
A history of the Knights of Pythias and its branches and auxiliary
- 1910 (Archive.org)
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online
Author: Capt. Hugh Goold Webb - P.C.P.G.R.
The Golden Shield of Pythian Knighthood - 1928
Author: Charles J. Creller - Grand Keeper of Records and Seal
/ Knights of Pythias California
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