Named after Damon and Pythias, Greek mythological characters who set the standard for true friendship, the Knights of Pythias was founded in 1864 in Washington, D.C. as a fraternal organization, whose ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1864, in the midst of the third ...

In early 1922, the Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge of Washington and Oregon committed significantly to Vancouver. The lodge had decided to build a retirement home somewhere within 50 miles of Portland ...

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and ...