Commemorative Plaques & Flagholders
of Military and Organizations
as Photographed by Joyce M. Tice
Degree of Pocohontas
See Also
Improved Order of Red Men
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Founded in Elmira NY in 1885, this organization was/is a women's auxiliary
to the Improved Order of Red Men. Its first council was held in Philadelphia in
1887. Its objectives are the teaching of kindness, love, charity and loyalty to
one's country. It has secret rituals, secret signs and passwords and an
initiation process. Its 1977 membership was 22,827. I do not have present day
statistics. Its emblem is an Indian woman with two American flags on each side
of her. She has a shield which says Degree of Poconhontas. On the flagholders
shown here, the shield is present but the predominant symbol is a bird.
Among its projects are Aid to Indian Children. Financial support is given for
braille books for the blind and for retarded children. They have participated in
programs for safe driving.
(Source: Greenwood Encyclopedia of .... Fraternal Organizations, Alvin J.
Schmidt, Greenwood Press, 1980, pp 260-262.)
See
http://members.xoom.com/redmen/)
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In a message dated 2/16/2008 10:02:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dolintz@grandecom.net writes:
Joyce,
Do you still update this site?
[http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/flaghold/flag004.htm]
Please correct all links to the Red Men and Degree of Pocahontas to
read: www.redmen.org
Also, I continue to purchase grave markers from eBay in order to get
them off the market. They go to the IORM national museum here. {Note from JMT: I
believe ebay has banned the sale of cemetery flagholders at this time as
appropriate.]
Keep up the good work on your site.
David Lintz, Director
Red Men Museum and Library