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Online Issue

Current Issue: June 2023

Features

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Welcomes the BPO Elks for the 2023 Grand Lodge Convention, by Philip Hartigan

Conventiongoers will celebrate the lodge year with their fellow Elks and have opportunities to enjoy the parks, museums, restaurants, and other attractions of Minneapolis.

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Chuck Yeager: Breaking the Sound Barrier, by Tom Scudder

In 1947, test pilot and World War II flying ace Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.

Departments

4

Message from the GER

6

Travels of the GER

7

Membership Matters, by Rick Gathen

8

It’s Your Business, by Brendan Middleton

10

Healthline, by Elizabeth A. Reid, MD

12

News of the Lodges

41

Supporting our Troops

42

Elks National Veterans Service Commission

46

Elks Drug Awareness Program

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Elks National Foundation