CAPE
HENLOPEN
ELKS
BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LODGE 2540
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BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LODGE 2540 |
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The Cape Henlopen Elks Lodge No. 2540 is located at 18544 Beaver Dam Road (RT 23) in Lewes, DE - Serving the communities of Lewes, Milton, Bethany Beach, Millsboro, Georgetown and Rehoboth Beach, DE. Meeting nights are the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 8 PM.
Elks visiting our area are welcome to have lunch with us from 11:00 AM until 3:00 PM Monday through Friday.
The BPOE Civic and
Community Affairs
Americanism - Drug Awareness - Community Welfare - Community Affairs - Law and Order - Elks National Home - Handicap Children - Camp - Scholarships - Essay Contests - Boy and Girl Scouts - Veterans Service - Dare Program
The Order of the Elks was formally organized February 16, 1868, in the City of New York. Its full corporate name is "Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America." Its declared purposes are to practice four cardinal virtues; Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love, and Fidelity; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of American patriotism; and to cultivate good fellowship. The animal from which the Order took its name was chosen because a number of its attributes seemed typical of those to be cultivated by members of the fraternity. The elk is distinctively an American animal. It habitually lives in herds. The largest of our native quadrupeds, it is yet fleet of foot and graceful in movement. It is quick and keen of perception; and while it is usually gentle and even timorous, it is strong and valiant in defense of its own. A representation of the majestic head of the male, with its spreading antlers, was adopted as the first badge of the Order; and is still the most conspicuous element of its copyrighted fraternal emblem.Qualifications for Membership Membership in the Order is limited to any citizen of the United States, not under twenty-one years of age, who believes in the existence of God, who subscribes to the objects and purposes of the Order and who has been duly initiated in a Subordinate Lodge. There are no branches or degrees of membership in the Order; there are auxiliary organizations, such as State Associations and Past Exalted Rulers' Associations.
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