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Past President pin, Joseph Roleson

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Randi Uhler

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05/28/2013

Past President pin, Joseph Roleson

This pin belonged to my great grandfather who died in New Jersey in 1927. Can anyone tell me what Fraternity or Group this pin represents? I have searched with much frustration.

What does the Initials stand for?
People in photo include: Joseph Elias Roleson

Date & Place: circa May 21, 2013 in New Jersey United States of America

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Daniel Pinna

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05/31/2013

Hi Randi- I believe I figured it out! Like you I couldn't find much about this pin with simple google searches (I just found another pin with "P O OF A" on ebay that looks similar). After a digging a bit deeper I found some tombstones with the same initials.

It turns out that this pin belonged to a Past President of the Patriotic Order of Americans (now known as Patriotic Order Sons of America I believe). This patriotic organization was organized December 10th 1847 to "preserve the public school system, the Constitution of the United States, and our American way of life".

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