The Elks’ Colors

The Elk colors are Royal Purple and White, a combination deriving its origin from the history of the clergy, nobility and the people. Throughout Europe, the Orient and in Rome, the symbolism of colors was associated with severity of laws and customs. Each color in each pattern was identified religious, or political, and to change or alter it was a crime of rebellion, a desertion of principles, party or cause. White denotes purity and absolute truth. When combined with Royal Purple it signifies the love of truth and the highest degree of virtue. Purple indicates the favor of the people, which bespeaks the status of Elkdom.

(From "An Authentic History of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks" by Charles Edward Ellis)

 

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Fact No. 18:   In October 1918, after WWI, Elks built a 700-bed Reconstruction Hospital on Parker Hill in Boston and gave it to the federal government.  This hospital was the forerunner of the VA Medical Centers that exist today.

 

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Fact No. 108:   In the first year of their existence:
VW Beetle . . . sold 330 cars.
Liquid Paper . . . sold 1,200 bottles.
Cuisinart . . . sold 200 units.
Remington Typewriter . . . sold 8.
SCRABBLE . . . sold 532 games.
Coca-Cola . . . sold 25 bottles.