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Independent Order Of Foresters
1990 Jim Waddle President
S.C.R.
Memorial Collectible
Couroc, Monterey, California
Square Tray
Brass Inlay
Measures about 8 1/2 inches wide
Very good to excellent conditions
TheIndependent Order of Foresters, a fraternal society, was founded in Newark, New Jersey, in 1874, as a separation from theOrder of Foresters founded earlier in England. The IOF was started in Ontario, Canada the following year.
The origin of fraternal societies goes back to the Middle Ages when they were formed to provide help to working class people for burials and in time of sickness. They were secret societies because the English kings outlawed any organization of working people. The legend of Robin Hood grew out of this movement.