Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #4378

• 1898 -- Order was Founded on Feb. 6 in Seattle
• 1904 -- First Public Plea for Mother's Day
• 1908 -- Sponsored America's First Mother's Pension Law
• 1911 -- Sponsored America's First Workman's Compensation Law
• 1923 -- Sponsored America's First Old Age Pension Law
• 1926 -- Creation and Formation of Ladies Auxiliary
• 1935 -- Supported Enactment of Social Security Law
• 1941 -- Dedicated Eagles Dormitory at Boy's Town Nebraska
• 1944 -- Established the Eagles Memorial Foundation
• 1950 -- Financed the Entrance to the Chapel of the Four Chaplains
• 1953 -- Established Eagle House in Free Berlin, Germany
• 1957 -- Inaugurated Nationwide, "Jobs After 40", Program
• 1959 -- Established Max Baer Heart Fund
• 1960 -- Established Eagle-CARE Trade School in Naples
• 1961 -- Dedicated Eagle Village in Florida as Senior Eagle Retirement Home
• 1966 -- Establishment of Ralph Bird Memorial Library at Eagle Village
• 1967 -- Establishment of Jimmy Durante Children's Fund
• 1970 -- Established Eagle Ridge Village, Topeka, Kansas
• 1971 -- Established Max Schroeder House in South Korea
• 1972 -- Established Golden Eagle Fund
• 1979 -- First Telethon for Hughen School for Children, Port Arthur, Texas
• 1980 -- Eagles Bob Hope High School Dedicated at Hughes School, Port Arthur, Texas
• 1982 -- Eagles-CARE Poland Food Program
• 1983 -- First Memorial Foundation College Scholarship to Graduate of Bob Hope High School
• 1983 -- Max Baer Heart Fund offers First Grants to Aerie-Sponsored CPR Classes
• 1984 -- $405,000 donated to Eagles' Truman Cardiovascular Lab. President Truman was a Life-time Eagle Member
• 1984 -- Golden Eagle Fund Starts program of $5,000 Grants to institutions doing Alzheimer's Disease Research
• 1985 -- Eagles mark $1 million in donations to St. Jude's Hospital
• 1985 -- Established Child Abuse Hot Line at Child Help/USA
• 1986 -- Eagles launch "Crack down on Crack" Drive
• 1986 -- Contributions to Eagles Max Baer Heart Fund Research Lab reach $600,000
• 1987 -- Eagles-CARE Drive to help poor in Belize is launched
• 1987 -- Ground-breaking for 24 new cottages at Eagle Village
• 1988 -- Matching Grants up to $500 offered Aeries/Auxiliaries that sponsor Drug Education Seminars
• 1988 -- Dolores Hope Library dedicated to Bob Hope High School
• 1988 -- Eagles Honor the Unkown Soldiers in Arlington National Cemetery with a plaque on February 2, 1988
• 1989 -- Eagles launch a Petition Drive to make desecration of the American Flag a Federal Crime
• 1990 -- Memorial Foundation increases Educational Grants
• 1991 -- Eagle Drive for support of our military in Operation Desert Storm with mail and food packages
• 1992 -- Eagles Mildred and Claude Pepper Foundation Co-Sponsor Health Care/Symposium
• 1992 -- Eagles launch fund to aid Florida Hurricane Andrew victims
• 1993 -- Eagles Launch Flood Operations Eagles Fund to help Midwest flood victims
• 1993 -- Memorial Foundation funds Scholarship Program at Chapel of the Four Chaplains
• 1994 -- The Eagles Donor Fund established
• 1995 -- The Fraternal Order of Eagles donates $50,000 for the Eagle Alcove of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Tidal Basin, Washington,DC. Roosevelt was a life-time member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
• 1996 -- Dedication on February 27, 1996 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Memorial Plaque at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, in honor of those who lost their lives in World War II
• 1998 -- 100th ANNIVERSARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION TAKES PLACE
• 1998 -- $1,000,000 given to charities at Grand Aerie Convention
• 1999 -- Memorial Foundation establishes H.O.M.E. Fund and G.R.E.A.T. program
• 1999 -- April 29th is designated as Judge Bob Hansen Day
• 2001 -- Memorial Foundation establishes Attack on America Fund
• 2001 -- Memorial Foundation expands benefits to all Eagle members
• 2001 -- Eagles Purchase property to consolidate National Headquarters
• 2002 -- International Headquarters opens in Grove City, Ohio

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