Colonial Order of the Acorn
From Kook Science
| Colonial Order of the Acorn | |
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| Motto | Ab Initio (Latin: "From the beginning") |
| Formation | 30 January 1894; inc. 3 Feb. 1894[1] |
| Purpose/focus | "To cherish and perpetuate American traditions and associations, and to promote patriotism and loyalty to our National Institutions."[1] |
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.
Selected Publications
New York Chapter
- Views of Early New York: with Illustrative Sketches, New York: Colonial Order of the Acorn, New York Chapter, 1904, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008401024
- Year Book for 1912, New York: Colonial Order of the Acorn, New York Chapter, 1912, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008699801
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zieber, Eugene, ed. (1895), "Colonial Order of the Acorn", Ancestry: the Objects of the Hereditary Societies And the Military And Naval Orders of the United States, And the Requirements for Membership Therein, Philadelphia: Department of Heraldry, Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., p. 7, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hw3e0a;view=1up;seq=19