Colonial Order of the Acorn

The Colonial Order of the Acorn is (or was) an American-based hereditary organisation, founded in 1894 and open exclusively to nominated men who are of fraternal descent from a settler who was resident in any of the thirteen North American Colonies (that became the United States of America) prior to the Fourth of July 1776. The order acted as a historical society, collecting and publishing papers on the Colonial period, in addition to encouraging American traditions and loyalty to the nation.