The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows was founded in 1843 in the United States. There were 108,000 members in 1994.
Peter Ogden, an African-American sailor, obtained the charter for the first lodge of this order from an English Grand Lodge; it was possibly because of the English willingness to admit blacks that the white Amer­ican order decided to split. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows continues to this day.

In The Netherlands there are three lodges:

• Lodge Jewels of Veritas nr. 6986 (women, Amsterdam)
• Lodge Revelation 1993 nr. 12079 (men, Amsterdam)
• Star of Holland Lodge nr. 12084 (men, Amsterdam)

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