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Celebration of the Sixtieth Birthday of Odd Fellowship in Freeport
The April 26 1879 event marked the sixtieth anniversary of Odd Fellowship in America with a grand city celebration in Freeport. Police and city officers welcomed delegates, thousands attended, and a large procession proceeded to the Opera House for speeches by Hon. J O Ohrendorf Rev Dr W Edwards and other officials. The crowd heard a long address on duty and rights, praising brotherly love and charity as core Order principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson
Galena
Brewster House
Jacob Krohn
F. Lachmacher
F. Flachtemier
Phil. Arno
George Lewis
M. J. Clump
Isaiah Best
S. D. Atkins
M. Hettinger
L. L. Munn
J. J. Cornelius
Peter Bixler
John Erfert
D. B. Shulte
W. W. Krape
Wm. Koenig
D. Atkins
Odd Fellow’s Hall
Stephenson Street
Brewster
Opera House
J. O. Ohrendorf
State of
Illinois
Wm. Edwards
G. C
Grand Lodge
Edwards
Cronkrite
America
A. A. Terrell
Sterling
Odd Fellowship
Freeport
A. Ohrendorf
Sringfield
Ohrendorf
Odd Fellows of
Zephyr
Destoy
Order