At the 2013 Grand Lodge Convention, in Reno, Nevada, GER-elect Millard C. Pickering contemplated the Elks' charge to be distinctively American.
The National September 11 Memorial and Museum offers the nation a place of remembrance.
Seventy-two young finalists showed that they had what it took to go the distance.
Elks show they care by cooking dinner for US Marines and holding retreats for US Army soldiers and their families.