Quiz: Which location was New York State's First Knight's Council
Plattsburg
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Queens
Rochester
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Survey says . . . Brooklyn Council 60 on September 23, 1891.
Name New Mexico's first Knights Council
Which city is home to New Mexico’s first Knights of Columbus council?
Answer is at bottom of the page.
Survey says: “Albuquerque.”
New Jersey In Brief
THERE ARE 1.6 MILLION KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEMBERS WORLDWIDE, WITH 61,000 RESIDING IN THE GARDEN STATE.
Among the notable New Jersey Knights is New Jersey-born , , ,
There are 1.6 million Knights of Columbus members worldwide, with 61,000 residing in the Garden State.
Among the notable New Jersey Knights is New Jersey-born Joyce Kilmer, poet and World War I sergeant. Kilmer was a member of Council 1177 in Suffern, NY and New Rochelle Council 339.
Sources: Knights of Columbus, New Jersey State Council Knights of Columbus, By Their Works: Profiles of Men in Faith Who Made a Difference by Stephen Singular
1922 New Year's Party for Pennsylvania Orphans
Pennsylvania’s Harrisburg Council treated about 100 youths of a local orphanage to a movie, chicken dinner other entertainment . . .
Harrisburg Council in the News: January 1922.
Pennsylvania’s Harrisburg Council treated about 100 youths of a local orphanage to a movie, chicken dinner and other entertainment.
Children from the Sylvan Heights Orphanage took a trip to the New Regent Theater and later got a ride around the city.
At the conclusion of the festivities, “each child was given an orange, a box of candy and an envelope containing a new half dollar.”
Harrisburg Council’s George A. Morrissey and A.S. Banmiller spearheaded the proceedings.
Source: Harrisburg Telegraph, January 3, 1922
Manchester United
How many New Hampshirites were initiated into the state’s first Knights of Columbus council on April 22, 1894? Well, put on your thinking caps.
How many charter members were in New Hampshire’s first Columbian class?
Was it 76, 27, 34, or 52?
Survey says: (scroll down for the answer)
34. Manchester Council was instituted April 22, 1894 with the assistance of National Organizer Thomas H. Cummings, Lowell Council, of Lowell, MA., and State Deputy James E Hayes, of Massachusetts.
Knights in "Sin City"
What year did Las vegas get it’s first Knights council? Survey says ….
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What year did Las Vegas get it’s first Knights council?
And the answer is: (Scroll to bottom the page.)
Las Vegas was founded as a city on May 15, 1905. The city received its first Knights council 11 years later on June 25, 1905.
Sources:
lasvegasnevada.gov/
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Boy's Town in Nebraska
Who played Father Flanagan in the movie "Boy's Town."
Nebraska's first council, Omaha Council 652 was renamed Father Flanagan of Boys Town Council 652 at Boys Town.
Spencer Tracy played Father flanagan in the 1938 movie, “ Boy’s Town.”