{"id":35,"date":"2023-10-13T12:23:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T16:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foe.com\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2025-02-11T16:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T21:15:28","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foe.com\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who We Are<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Mission Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fraternal Order of Eagles is an international non-profit organization uniting fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, and hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The F.O.E. donates more than $10 million a year to local communities, fundraisers, charities and more. As part of its philosophy, the F.O.E. gives back 100 percent of monies raised in the form of grants. Fundraisers are conducted for eight major charities, including kidney, heart, diabetes, cancer and spinal cord injury funds, a children’s fund, memorial foundation and the Golden Eagle Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The F.O.E. was founded in February, 1898 by six theatre owners gathered in a Seattle shipyard to discuss a musician’s strike. After addressing the matter, they agreed to “bury the hatchet” and form “The Order of Good Things.” As numbers grew, members selected the Bald Eagle as the official emblem and changed the name to “The Fraternal Order of Eagles.” The women’s auxiliary traces its roots to 1927. The Fraternal Order of Eagles includes nearly 800,000 members and more than 1,500 locations across the United States and Canada. Stop by one of our locations and see why we’re known as People Helping People.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Major <\/strong>Accomplishments<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Founded Mother’s Day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Created the $25 million Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center at the University of Iowa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Served as driving force behind Social Security.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Helped end age-based job discrimination with the Jobs After 40 program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Distributed Ten Commandments monoliths across the United States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Noteworthy <\/strong>Members<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Theodore R. Roosevelt<\/strong>, former U.S. President<\/td>Justin Haley<\/strong>, NASCAR driver<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
    Warren G. Harding<\/strong>, former U.S. President<\/td>Sam Hornish Jr.<\/strong>, NASCAR\/Indycar driver<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
    Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/strong>, former U.S. President<\/td>Billy Ray Cyrus,<\/strong> musician<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
    Harry S. Truman<\/strong>, former U.S. President<\/td>Tony Orlando<\/strong>, musician\/entertainer<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
    John F. Kennedy<\/strong>, former U.S. President<\/td>Lee Greenwood<\/strong>, musician<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
    Ronald Reagan<\/strong>, former U.S. President<\/td>Louise Mandrell,<\/strong> musician\/entertainer<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
    Bob Hope<\/strong>, comedian<\/td>Neal McCoy,<\/strong> musical performer <\/td><\/td><\/tr>
    Max Baer<\/strong>, boxer\/heavyweight champion<\/td>Bess Truman,<\/strong> former first lady<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
    Gordie Howe<\/strong>, Hockey Hall of Famer<\/td>Eleanor Roosevelt<\/strong>, former first lady<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
    William Allen Egan<\/strong>, Governor, Alaska<\/td>Virginia Graham,<\/strong> radio & TV personality<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
    Tony Stewart,<\/strong> NASCAR driver<\/td>James Buescher,<\/strong> NASCAR driver<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Who We Are Our Mission Statement The Fraternal Order of Eagles is an international non-profit organization uniting fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, and hope. The F.O.E. donates more than $10 million a year to local communities, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30420369,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-blank","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pfcqhm-z","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30420369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/foe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8017,"href":"https:\/\/foe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/8017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}