A baseball with my John Hancock on it went over a fence and you can’t get it back right welcome to watch Mojo and today we’re examining 10 known figures who were associated with secret fellowships or members of fraternal organizations Theodore Roosevelt 26th president of these United States of America At Your
Service number 10 Richard Nixon the order of the red Friars because I understand the system I believe I can uh I can control it maybe not control it totally but uh tame it enough to make it do some good founded back in 19133 the order of the red Friars was a secret
Society at North Carolina’s Duke University the order disbanded in the early 1970s but the remnants formed what is now Duke’s largest secret organization the Trident Society the activities of this organization remain largely unknown but we do know that Richard Nixon was once a member yeah
Sure a long time ago a top student Nixon attended the Duke University School of Law and even became president of the Duke Bar Association owing to the intense secrecy of the club we do not know what Nixon did inside the order of the red Friars but school records prove
That he was indeed a member I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow number nine Charlie Chaplan independent order of oddfellow we’re definitely very like one of those like American secret societies that you hear about from the Gilded Age stretching back to the early 18th century Oddfellows is an Old English fraternity
That eventually evolved into the more International independent order of Oddfellows this group was founded in Baltimore in 1819 its objectives are numerous but according to their own command Oddfellows visit the sick relieve the distressed bury the dead and educate the orphan she encourages others to join too if not for the Friends alone
But being part of a secret society is pretty cool too several well-known individuals have been identified as members including Charlie Chaplain the legendary silent actor who played the in a number of classic films to this day the ORD website proudly lists him as a notable oddfellow Mr chapain I
Am a great at mind your number eight Henry Ford Freemasonry there existed a curious connection to a secret society that had migrated to North America centuries earlier perhaps the most famous fraternal organization in the world Freemasonry has been around since the 14th century and has attracted some of history’s most notable names
According to its website Freemasonry uses building analogies to teach members how to lead productive lives that benefit the communities that they live in there even some people argued that the United States in its Creation in its Inception even in its constitutional order was a masonic Republic one of its
Most famous members was Henry Ford the founder of Ford Motor Company and father of the assembly line according to the Grand Lodge of New York Ford’s time with the group dates back to 1894 when he was raised in Detroit’s Palestine lodge number 357 Ford took great pride in the
Organization calling masonry the best balance wheel the United State T they had values of religious tolerance and cosmopolitanism and rights and formal equality between all citizens number seven Ed Sullivan Knights of Columbus Knights of Columbus that hurts a legend of American television Ed Sullivan hosted the iconic Ed Sullivan Show from
1948 to 1971 and was Paramount in introducing the Beatles to American audiences at the time his introduction of the band was the most watched program in television history with over 70 million people watching them perform live on stage ladies and gentlemen here are four of the nicest
Junes we’ve ever had on our stage the beel bring them on Sullivan was a member of the Knights of Columbus a very famous religious fraternity that promotes and funds a number of Catholic causes membership is limited exclusively to Catholic men and as of 2023 over 2 million people call themselves active
Knights at the Knights of Columbus yeah Frank Cante is getting me a room in his lodge number number six ulyses S Grant independent order of Oddfellows Grant immediately begins to assess the situation it is almost as if battle clarified his mind and he could see the central thing he needed to do as
You see throughout this list a surprising number of American presidents were members of secret orders really gets those conspiracy theory juices flowing doesn’t it like Charlie Chaplan American president ulyses S Grant was a member of the independent order of Oddfellows Grant reportedly joined the order sometime around 18 52 when Julia
Grant became pregnant with Ulisses Jr there’s just one country you and I were citizens of that country I’m fighting to protect it from armed Rebels this was long before Grant became the 18th President of the United States in 1869 but Grant still had affiliations with the group after he became president and
In 1869 the year of his inauguration he was invited to attend the ORD 50th anniversary celebration we’ve won the war now you have to lead us out of it number five Babe Ruth Knights of Columbus you never heard of saled a SWAT the Titan of Terror the Colossus of
Clout the Colossus of clout the king of Crash man born George Herman Ruth the Great Bambino is an American icon and one of the most famous athletes in the history of sport Ruth won seven World Series titles and broke the home run record in 1919 he then broke his own
Record on three consecutive occasions remaining the official holder for over 40 years you’re the babe the sulan SWAT the king of Crash crash and aund other Dopey names it wasn’t until 1961 that Roger Maris broke Ruth’s record with suitably 61 home runs Ruth was raised in St Mary’s Industrial school
For boys in Baltimore and the school instilled in him a lifelong Devotion to Catholicism Ruth was initiated into the Knights of Columbus and was known to be very charitable donating large sums of money to St Mary’s and visiting the needy and orphanages and hospitals that is the bat from the C shot
Yeah damn number four Thomas Jefferson the fhc society amican promise you simply must meet Thomas Thomas we returned to the American presidency for Thomas Jefferson who served as the country’s thirdd head of state between 1801 and 1809 at age 16 Jefferson attended Virginia’s College of William and Mary studying a number of
Subjects including math and philosophy uh Thomas allow me to present my wife Mrs Adams is already well known to me Jefferson was a very popular student often partying goofing around and eventually enrolling in the school’s flath Hat Club this is The Unofficial name of the fhc society which was
Founded at the school in 1750 and is therefore the oldest Collegiate secret society in America despite this Renown Jefferson later admitted that it had no useful object and only consisted of six students including himself hi I’m embarrassed to admit it I’m resolved to renounce embarrassment in favor of enjoyment number three Theodore
Roosevelt various that’s right you better run boy you’re going to die that Mustachio Horseman ain’t always going to be there to protect do you hear me one of the most popular presidents in American history Theodore Roosevelt was certainly a busy man aside from you know running the country Roosevelt was also
Enrolled in a number of secret societies and fraternities you have to excuse me though The Hunt is a foot he was a very prominent Freemason and referenced the secret organization in a number of personal letters when he addressed the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1902 he called Freemasonry the place where the
Idea of our government was realized as far as it is humanly possible he was also enrolled in a lumber fraternity called the international concatenated order of whooo a nonprofit called sons of the American Revolution and the Explorers Club a professional Society centered around scientific discovery to Theodore r
Felt you are like the wind and I like the lion number two George H W bush Skull and Bones Dr Ian Smith says there’s top-notch security here because over the years people have tried to break in to discover the rare books artwork and valuable artifacts that are inside Yale University is three main
Secret societies scroll and key wolf’s head and skull and bones future President George HW Bush belonged to the last name established back Back In 1832 Skull and Bones worships a fictional goddess named eulogia follows Time 5 minutes out of sync and is known for stealing valuable keepsakes around
Campus the latter practice is called crooking and is an important aspect of Skull and Bones culture the secret society El University is warning students about an impostor skull and bonees says someone has been calling students to recruit them and then asking them to complete a humiliating challenge
Bush was a bonesman during his time at Yale and was given the nickname Magog named after the biblical figure mentioned mentioned in Genesis years later Bush’s son George W would also enroll in the Skull and Bones just one of many examples of bush following in his Father’s Footsteps you do learn very
Quickly how important these clubs are not just socially but historically speaking before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you’re on your phone make sure
You go into your settings and switch on notifications number one George Washington Freemasonry many of the founding fathers especially the influential ones people like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were Freemasons George Washington had very close ties to Freemasonry and these ties have continued long after death Washington joined the order at just 20
Years old having done so at Fredericksburg lodge number four in Virginia also in Virginia is the George Washington Masonic National Memorial a towering building standing over 300 ft and displaying a large Masonic symbol at its base and fun fact when Washington was inaugurated as the country’s first
President he swore on a Bible taken from New York St John’s Masonic lodge number one if you will please place your left hand on the Bible and raise your right hand finally Washington was considered for the role of Grandmaster of the hypothetical Grand Lodge of the United
States but this idea was abandoned in favor of independent state lodges so yeah he was closely connected if there’s one place on the planet where the principles and the foundational teachings of Freemasonry had the greatest impact that would be the United States of America did you know about
Their secret memberships let us know in the comments below they formed a new Brotherhood called the Freemasons in honor of the Builders of the Great temple did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from watch Mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest
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