{"id":202666,"date":"2025-09-05T15:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/202666\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:42:19","slug":"maceo-elks-lodge-welcomes-new-brothers-into-127-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/202666\/","title":{"rendered":"Maceo Elks Lodge Welcomes New Brothers Into 127 Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" title=\"MEL4fffff\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MEL4fffff-674x381.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><br \/>\nShown are new Elks Lodge members Larry Holmes, Skylar McKnight  and Willie Cook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6268502640ydpe0c85516MsoNormal\">The historic\u00a0Maceo Elks Lodge #8, the\u00a0oldest Elks Lodge in the State of Florida, proudly welcomed three new Brothers into its ranks during a moving initiation ceremony. Affectionately known as\u00a0\u201cTriple XXX\u201d\u00a0the new Brothers are: Bro. Larry Holmes, Bro. Skylar McKnight and Bro. Willie Cook. This addition marks another milestone in the Lodge\u2019s 127-year history of service, fellowship, and community impact. Founded on\u00a0December 7, 1898, Maceo Elks Lodge #8 has stood as a beacon of leadership and unity in Jacksonville, Florida\u00a0dedicated to uplifting communities through charity, justice and brotherly love. \u201cOur new Brothers represent the future of our Lodge and the continuation of Maceo \u2018s powerful legacy,\u201d said\u00a0Bro. Jamaal with Two A\u2019s Brown, Brotherhood Chairman. \u201cIt is an honor to serve them and walk beside them as they embrace our shared values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6268502640ydpe0c85516MsoNormal\">The Lodge is currently led by\u00a0Exalted Ruler William Elliott, a graduate of\u00a0Florida A&amp;M University (FAMU), College of Pharmacy. In the structure of the Elks, the Exalted Ruler holds a role equivalent to that of a president, guiding the Lodge with vision and commitment. Membership in Maceo Elks Lodge #8 is open to men from all walks of life, including those from the\u00a0military, blue-collar industries, and professional fields.\u00a0All through a college degree is not required, a strong commitment to community service, charity and\u00a0brotherhood is required. The Improved Benevolent and\u00a0Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOEW) spans across the\u00a0United States, the Caribbean, and South America. Shown are the inducted brothers at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>For more info visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maceo8elkslodge.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">maceo8elkslodge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shown are new Elks Lodge members Larry Holmes, Skylar McKnight and Willie Cook. The historic\u00a0Maceo Elks Lodge #8,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":202667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-202666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115152456600720375","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}