Anniversary Proclamation.

I. O. O. F.

Office of the M. W. Grand Sire, R. W. G. L. of U. S.

To whom these presents may come greeting:

Whereas, The twenty-sixth day of April is the Anniversary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the United States of America, and it has been the custom and usage of the several jurisdictions under the Grand Lodge of the United States to celebrate the day in such appropriate manner as they may respectively designate;

Now, therefore, I, John W. Stokes, M. W. Grand Sire, by virtue of such usage, do hereby recommend all Grand and Subordinate Bodies of the Order to set apart that day for its due observance as the Anniversary of Odd Fellowship in America. And to that end to dedicate the occasion to appropriate exercises, and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His manifold blessings to our Order, individually and collectively.

Done at the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland, this ninth day of February, a. d. 1878, and of our Order the Fifty-ninth.