Order of the Golden Chain

Order of the Golden Chain
This article is about freemasons. For the ancient mystic religious order of Islamic dervishes, see Naqshbandi.

The Order of the Golden Chain is a fraternal social organization for Freemasons and their immediate female relatives. It was founded in 1929 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Local units are called Links, and exist in northeastern US coastal states. Each has six officers known as "jewels". The Grand Link is located in New Jersey.[1] During the Great Depression the constituent links contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of necessities to hospitals, nursing homes, and orphanages. During World War II the Golden Chain contributed humanitarian supplies to the war effort. After the war the Order created Camp Golden Chain, with 145 acres (0.59 km2) of land and a 10-acre (40,000 m2) lake in Warren County, New Jersey,[2] for underprivileged children of all races, and engaged in a number of other efforts for the benefit of sick or disabled young people.[1] It sponsors the Girls of the Golden Court for teen-age girls.

A previous Order of the Golden Chain was founded in 1881[3] and pronounced bankrupt in 1899.[4] "Order of the Golden Chain" is also the name of an honor conferred in Lions Clubs.[5] In former ages, it was the name of an honor conferred by the kings of Munster in Ireland,[6][7] and an honor conferred by the rulers of Saxony in Germany.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Pa Freemason December 01 - Family Golden Chain
  2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=znovaCSWMIcC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=%22order+of+the+golden+chain%22&source=web&ots=5sY2Ijp8Kt&sig=5OZFZnOo7ktma3ZjTQsfsXDJfzQ#PPA109,M1
  3. ^ Chronology of Fraternal Organization in America
  4. ^ Order of the Golden Chain Insolvent. - Article Preview - The New York Times
  5. ^ www.suncitycenterlions.com/Golden_Chain.htm
  6. ^ www.florilegium.org/files/CHIVALRY/chiv-orders-msg.html
  7. ^ Statement by O'Kelly de Conejera
  8. ^ http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0077-8958%281980%2915%3C185%3ATGPWTA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage

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