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The families of two fallen soldiers were the guests of honor Monday at a Memorial Day ceremony hosted by the Elks Lodge 859 of Bryan. Mark Kay Edwards received the Elks Medal of Valor for her son Billy, who died in Iraq in 2007. He spent two years at Texas A&M before joining the army. "For them to remember us and give us something special for Billy, it just makes it all the more special," she said. "He was a great kid for us. But knowing that everybody else remembers him and honors him, you know that just makes us feel good."

Exalted Ruler's family roots with the Elks Charlotte Burrous The Daily Record He cannot remember the first time he walked into the Cañon City Elks Lodge. But he remembers sitting on the orange seat outside the main door of the clubroom with a Coke, waiting for his father, Palmer Hartless, to conduct his business.

We gather to remember, but I underscore that we remember together, today! We grieve together, today! We mourn together, today! But we also draw strength, faith and courage from each other, today!" said Middlesex County Freeholder Mildred Scott as she spoke at the Piscataway Elks '9/11 Remembrance Ceremony' on Friday, Sept. 11th.

here's an unusual but neat Americanism project that took place in a city that USED to have an Elks Lodge. (Moundsville, WV)

Beaver Dam Elks are among the Elks in the nation passing out dictionaries to third-grade students. Exalted ruler Rob Radig said the number of students who are getting the dictionaries has increased dramatically over last year. Washington Elementary School third-grader Marisa Boehler is shown enjoying her dictionary. Washington Elementary School third-grader Marisa Boehler remembers the day over a month ago that the men in the red coats visited her classroom and handed her a dictionary."

Elks Lodge 1795 hosted a benefit Sunday on Okaloosa Island for the families of fallen Okaloosa County Deputies Burt Lopez and Warren "Skip" York. On April 25, Lopez and York were trying to serve a warrant on 28-year-old Joshua Cartwright, who was wanted on domestic violence charges. Cartwright shot them both outside the Shoal River Gun Club, east of Crestview, and they later died at a hospital in Pensacola. Fellow officers remember two brave men who died as heroes.

After six years of fulltime travel, we have a heck of a time remembering details of the campgrounds and RV parks we have called "home". Did our Verizon phones work there? Which site were we in? What did we pay, and was it worth it?

bittersweet irony. what are we losing 20 lodges a year? Now the elks Home? tragic.

Intriguing article that an thoughtful and insightful writer dug up from a long time ago about the members of this long defunct lodge. Amazing actually.

This is Lancaster, Ohio - Lancaster. PA is #134 and is alive and well

The Piscataway Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks located at 450 River Road will hold their annual candle-lighting ceremony at 7:00pm on Friday, September 11, 2009 to commemorate the events that took place eight years ago.