Colonial Order of the Acorn

The Colonial Order of the Acorn is (or was) an American 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.