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Online Issue

Current Issue: December 2024/January 2025

Features

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The BPOE Prepares for the 2025 Rose Parade, by Ruth Kellar

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will enter a float in the 136th Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2025, in Pasadena, California.

28

Captain Santa and the Christmas Tree Ship, by Tiffany Bakker

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Great Lakes schooner captain Herman Schuenemann became known for shipping Christmas trees to Chicago, where he sold them and gave them away to the less fortunate each year at Christmastime.

34

Harry Houdini: The King of Handcuffs, by Clayton Trutor

Nearly one hundred years after his death, Harry Houdini is still remembered as one of the most innovative and daring escape artists in history.

Departments

6

Message from the GER

8

Travels of the GER

10

Membership Matters

12

It’s Your Business, by Jordan M. Jacobs

14

Healthline, by Elizabeth A. Reid, MD

16

News of the Lodges

40

Supporting Our Troops

42

Elks National Veterans Service Commission

46

Elks Drug Awareness Program

48

Elks National Foundation

51

Annual Report of the Grand Secretary