Started in England around 1748 and established in the United States on April 26, 1819, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows is now a worldwide altruistic and benevolent fraternity and sorority dedicated to improving and elevating the character of humankind by imparting the principles of friendship, love, and truth.
Today, the I.O.O.F spread throughout the USA and most of the rest of the world, establishing lodges in:Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Cuba, New Zealand, Austria, Finland, Dominican Republic, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, Puerto Rico, Chile, Czechia, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Philippines.
Since 1819, the I.O.O.F has claimed more than 10 million members from all walks of life.
Notable members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F) are: Schuyler Colfax, U.S. Vice President (1869 – 1873, Ulysses S. Grant, 18th U.S. President (1869 – 1877), General-in-Chief of the Union’s forces in the American Civil War, Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. President (1877 – 1881), William Jennings Bryan, the “Great Commoner”, Secretary of State (1913 – 1915), William McKinley, 25th U.S. President (1897 – 1901)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President (1933 – 1945)
Warren G. Harding, 29th U.S. President (1921 – 1923)
Earl Warren, U.S. Chief Justice (1953 – 1969), Governor of California (1943 – 1953), Head of the Warren Commission, Charlie Chaplin, famous comedian and actor, William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University and
Jesse James, the "Robin Hood of America", a legendary figure of the wild west.
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What you say when your parents ask you what your reading you say that your reading Unpublished storys from independent writers online.
But your really reading gay porn
Also known as (yaoi smutty fanfiction)
Mom: "hey hon, what's that your reading?"
You: "oh, I'm reading unpublished storys from independent writers online.
A polite way of saying a drug dealer.
Dayum! Washington Heights got some cool dudes driving fast wheels. Yeah! They got money cuz, they is independent pharmaceutical reps.
Independence academy (elementary/middle) is a gay ass school and they don’t know how to take a joke. Everything is so serious and you don’t get to enjoy your middle school years 😭🖕
Also independence academy got kids there that are so fucking nasty, putting for real shit on the bathroom stalls and in the sink, and blood everywhere, like do y’all not know how to wipe y’all ass and use pads.ONG ⁉️
A school filled with trumpolines,trumpoholics,trumpets who think saying the n word will make them popular. This school also make parents pay for everything u even have to pay to wear jeans (ur paying to wear ur own clothing) I absolutely do not recommend this school
Wow independence academy sucks ass
In a relationship, when two people break up, being free and independent means one of them wants to see other people
"I'm sorry we didn't work out, but I need to be free and independent for a little while"
A rock concert which usually commences on Independence day to signify the freedom of speech.
Independence rock is the audio visual form of freedom.