The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society [2] founded in Washington, D.C., on 19 February 1864.
Knights of Pythias in a parade in Racine, Wisconsin, circa 1910
The Knights of Pythias was the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of the United States Congress.[3] It was founded by Justus H. Rathbone, who had been inspired by a play by the Irish poet John Banim about the legend of Damon and Pythias. This legend illustrates the ideals of loyalty, honor, and friendship that are the center of the order.
The structure of the Knights of Pythias is three-tiered. The local units used to be called "Castles," but over time came to be called "Subordinate Lodges." State and provincial organizations are called "Grand Lodges" and the national structure is called the "Supreme Lodge" and meets in convention biennially. The officers of the Supreme Lodge include the sitting Past Supreme Chancellor, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Prelate, Secretary, Treasurer, Master at Arms, Inner Guard and Outer Guard.[5]
The order's auxiliaries are the Pythian Sisters, and two youth organizations: the Pythian Sunshine Girls and the Junior Order of Princes of Syracuse for boys
Pythias is connected with the literature of homosexuality :
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cantsleepawink ago
Apparently there's more freemasonry here. Schumer is a Knight of Pythias.
https://littlesis.org/person/13575/Chuck_Schumer
From wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Pythias
Pythias is connected with the literature of homosexuality :
The Return of Damon and Pythias: Alan Dale's "A Marriage below Zero", Victorian Melodrama, and the Emergence of a Literature of Homosexual Representation https://www.jstor.org/stable/25112637?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
More references to the Knights of Pythias: https://mindcontrolblackassassins.com/tag/pedophilic-cults/
peacebringer ago
Well there is the one guy who keeps pointing to Racine... I take it the Knights of Pythias is what they refer to?