Elks Club

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Elks_Club

GPTKB entity

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:foundation
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:BPOE
gptkbp:annualEvent	gptkb:Elks_National_Convention gptkb:Elks_Memorial_Service
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:foundedIn	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:foundedYear	1868
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Charles_Vivian
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:historicalMembershipType	men only (until 1995)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Elks Club
gptkbp:membership	men and women over 750,000 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:motto	Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love, and Fidelity
gptkbp:notableAction	scholarships youth programs veterans services drug awareness programs
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Arnold_Palmer gptkb:Babe_Ruth gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge gptkb:Clark_Gable gptkb:Clint_Eastwood gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Enrico_Caruso gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt gptkb:Gerald_Ford gptkb:Grover_Cleveland gptkb:Harry_S._Truman gptkb:Herbert_Hoover gptkb:J._Edgar_Hoover gptkb:Joe_DiMaggio gptkb:John_F._Kennedy gptkb:John_Wayne gptkb:Lawrence_Welk gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson gptkb:Red_Skelton gptkb:Sammy_Davis_Jr. gptkb:Stan_Musial gptkb:Ted_Williams gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt gptkb:Warren_G._Harding gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson gptkb:Yogi_Berra gptkb:Will_Rogers gptkb:Harry_Houdini gptkb:Jack_Benny gptkb:Vince_Lombardi gptkb:Babe_Zaharias gptkb:Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison gptkb:Bobby_Jones gptkb:Casey_Stengel gptkb:Lou_Gehrig gptkb:Gene_Autry gptkb:James_Stewart gptkb:Joe_Louis gptkb:Sam_Snead gptkb:Norman_Vincent_Peale gptkb:Jack_Dempsey gptkb:Sugar_Ray_Robinson gptkb:Jimmy_Durante gptkb:Gene_Tunney Bing Crosby
gptkbp:numberOfLodges	over 1,900
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Benevolent_and_Protective_Order_of_Elks
gptkbp:purpose	gptkb:charity gptkb:community_service gptkb:foundation
gptkbp:regionServed	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:rituals	English
gptkbp:subsidiary	gptkb:Elks_Drug_Awareness_Program gptkb:Elks_National_Veterans_Service_Commission gptkb:Elks_Hoop_Shoot gptkb:Elks_National_Foundation
gptkbp:symbol	gptkb:elk
gptkbp:taxStatus	501(c)(8) fraternal beneficiary society
gptkbp:website	https://www.elks.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pottstown_Downtown_Historic_District
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6