KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEDAL BADGE ST. JOSEPH COUNCIL NYC 1920's

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1914-1918 WWI KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SERVICE MEDAL SECRETARY LAURENCE CARROLL. 38mm BRONZE PRESENTED TO LAWRENCE CARROLL, SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS "IN THEIR WAR ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING OUR COUNTRY'S VICTORIOUS PARTICIPATION IN THE GREAT WORLD CONFLICT 1914-1918."
During the Great War, the Knights provided rest and recreational facilities and social services to Allied servicemen of all faiths. K of C Huts throughout the United States and Europe provided religious services, supplies and recreation under the motto, “Everybody Welcome, Everything Free.” Everybody meant everybody. Whatever your race or creed, you were welcome at K of C facilities. In fact, the Order was praised by a contemporary African American historian of World War I, because “unlike the other social welfare organizations operating in the war, it never drew the color line.”
1914: Tens of thousands of copies of a “bogus oath” are circulated to defame the Knights of Columbus. The Knights, in turn, lay the groundwork for a lecture series and educational programs to combat anti-Catholic hostility. Between 1914 and 1917, the number of anti-Catholic publications drops from 60 to fewer than five.
1916: When National Guardsmen are sent to the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent Mexican Gen. Francisco “Pancho” Villa from raiding towns in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, K of C councils in those states spontaneously respond to the religious and social needs of troops serving there.
1917: When the United States enters World War I, Supreme Knight Flaherty writes President Woodrow Wilson telling him that the Order plans to establish centers to provide for the troops’ “recreational and spiritual comfort.” The Knights’ services, he says, will be offered “regardless of creed.”
1917: By the summer of 1917, the Order opens service centers, or “K of C Huts,” in training camps and behind the lines of battle. The Knights and independent fund drives raise nearly million to finance the huts.
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