Americanism Committee

                                                    Title                        Name              Lodge
                                                    State Chairperson    -       Grover Ramsey     Casa Grande Valley # 1957
                                                    District Chairperson - East  Taleen Carpenter  Chandler # 2429
                                                    District Chairperson - North Mary Springer     Payson # 2154
                                                    District Chairperson - South Susan Trecartin   Green Valley # 2592
                                                    District Chairperson - West  Vicki Way         Sun City # 2559

About our Flag 2019

Flag Certificate Program

11-17 Sep 23 Patriotism Week Proclamation

2022-23 Essay Winners – theme – “What Is Your American Dream?

5th Grade

1st Place – Kearney #2478                     Maya Hong

2nd Place – Sierra Vista #2065                    Kathleen Brown

3rd Place – Phoenix #335                    Mathieu White

Honorable Mention – Holbrook #2450                   Elyssa Nabors

6th Grade

1st Place – Lake Havasu City #2339                     Anna Bengard

2nd Place – Kearney #2478                    Yarenica Gaona

3rd Place – Prescott #330                    Riley Gamble

Honorable Mention – Sierra Vista #2065                   Isabelle Froehler

7th Grade

1st Place – Kearney #2478         Mikaela Baldenegro

2nd Place – Bullhead City #2408                Julien Garcia

3rd Place – Yuma #476                    Ella Arcides

Honorable Mention – Casas Adobes #2663                   Marquise Busch

8th Grade

1st Place – Yuma #476          Alyssa Salas

2nd Place – Holbrook #2450                Macy Gardner

3rd Place – Catalina Mountain #2815                    Brynn Tate

Honorable Mention – Kearney #2478                   Darren Smith

2023-2024 Americanism Program Dates

Theme for this year is “What the Bill of Rights Means to Me?

Americanism Essay Contest 2023-24 Criteria and Rules

Lodge Submissions
31 Dec 2023

District Submissions
31 Jan 2024

State Submissions
20 Feb 2024

Grand Lodge Submissions
31 Mar 2024

Americanism Essay Contest Certificate of participation

2022-23 Americanism Brochure Contest Winners

Division III – 226 to 300 members

1st Place Tucson #385

Division IV – 301 to 450 members

1st Place, Casas Adobes #2663

Division V – 451 to 700 members

1st Place, Chandler # 2429

2nd Place, Tucson East #2532

3rd Place, Catalina Mountain # 2815

Division VI – 701 & up

 

****     Americanism Brochure Contest Due Dates are as follows:    ****

Lodge Submissions
31 Dec 2023

District Submissions
31 Jan 2024

State Submissions
20 Feb 2024

Grand Lodge Submissions
31 Mar 2024

Flag Day

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was the first fraternal organization to observe Flag Day. The President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on such day, and urging the people to observe the day as the anniversary of the adoption on June 14, 1777, by the Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States of America. The importance of every single U.S. flag, and how it is displayed is keenly observed by the Elks. We celebrate 110 years of the Grand Lodge’s 1907 designation of June 14 as Flag Day, which was followed in 1911 with the Order’s approval for mandatory observance by all Lodges.