Our Mission Statement
The Fraternal Order of Eagles is an international non-profit organization uniting fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope.
From left to right: (back) David Kuegle, David Creamer, Kenny Riley, Mike Burden, Rickey Hudson, Bob Logston, O.D. Webb
(front) Robert Cockrum, Ricky Tidd, Eddie Wright, Tony Richards
F.O.E. 4168 History
The Fraternal Order of Eagles was founded in 1898 by six theatre owners who gathered together to discuss a musician's strike in their area. They discussed the issues and agreed to " bury the hatcher" and then they formed the "The Order of Good Things". As the membership grew, they selected the bald eagle as the official emblem and changed the name to "The Fraternal Order of Eagles".
Yellow Banks #4168 was chartered in 1987 propelling the international non-profit organization into our community. We unite fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice and equality to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope.
Although the Fraternal Order of Eagles has many notable accomplishments, we are very proud of 2 specifically: we are considered true founders of Mother's Day and The Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center.
In 1904 the Fraternal Order of Eagles Past Grand Worthy President Frank E. Hering was inspired by his class at University of Notre Dame when he found his students preparing postcards and packages to send to their mother's. He opened up and made a plea to recognize mother's everywhere and a decade later, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation making Mother's Day a reality. President Wilson designated May 10, 1914, the first Mother's Day.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles completed a $25 million pledge to the University of Iowa for a comprehensive research facility dedicated to progressing diabetes research in hope of one day finding a cure. The Diabetes Research Center opened in 2014 and occupies 1.5 floors within the John and Mary Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building with a team of 100 researchers that work daily conducting a variety of research studies centered around maintaining, preventing and ultimately curing diabetes.