MD-DE-DC Elks Association

USA

2020
GL NATIONAL
CONVENTION

- July 5-8: BALTIMORE, MD - INNER HARBOR
...near Fort McHenry - birthplace of:
"Star Spangled Banner" (our National Anthem)

156th GRAND LODGE NATIONAL CONVENTION

"ELKS - SERVING PROUDLY, PROMOTING YOUTH & HONORING VETERANS"

STATE SPONSOR

JULY 5 - 8, 2020 : BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

Baltimore Skyline over Inner Harbor

*BPOE - Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA - known as Grand Lodge will celebrate its 156th Annual National Convention during July 5-8, 2020 - at Baltimore's Inner Harbor. This marks the third time a National Convention is to be held in Baltimore, MD - the first two were over [100] Years ago... 1903 & 1916 respectively... More information to be Posted Below, as we near July 5-8, 2020.....

*** The BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER of ELKS of the USA is comprised of [48] STATE ASSOCIATIONS, with nearly [2,000] Lodges across this Great Country - from sea to shining sea. Each year, typically in the beginning of July, a National Convention is held to conduct business of the entire Organization as a whole. All Lodge Representatives (Exalted Ruler's / Lodge President) must attend this Convention in the City that is chosen for that respective year.

*** The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America is one of the oldest and largest fraternal organizations in the country. Since its inception in 1868, the Order of Elks has grown to include nearly 1.2 million men and women in almost 2,200 communities. The BPO Elks national headquarters is based in Chicago. The Chicago campus is also the site of the Elks Veterans Memorial Building; the home of the Elks National Foundation, the Order's charitable trust; the Elks National Veterans Service Commission; and The Elks Magazine, the official publication that is sent to every member of the Order.

~ The Elks have created a quiet network of good deeds that has profoundly changed millions of lives for the better, yet there is little public awareness of the impact of their vital work. Why is this so? Quite simply, the Elks have rarely sought recognition, neither have they gone to the general public with fund-raising efforts nor received monies from any level of government. Indeed, the flow of money and goods moves in the opposite direction: The Elks donated to the government the first veterans hospital; contribute regularly to schools and police and fire departments; and assist the young and the needy throughout this great nation.

* Above description is Thanks to Hagerstown, MD Elks #378 for their help to describe our Order.