Ford City in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Ford City Clubs & Organizations Past and Present
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 3, 2025
1. Ford City Clubs & Organizations Past and Present Marker
From its beginning; Ford City has had numerous clubs and organizations. Be they Beneficial, Fraternal, Civic, Labor, Patriotic, or Religious, they all had the goals of helping one another, building a better Ford City, and building a better world.
American Legion Ford City Branch American Greek Catholic Union Lodge 407 Austrian - Bavarian Benefit Society Boy Scouts of America Daughters of America Rose Council No. 62 Dramatic Order Knights of Khurassan Temple 215 Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers of America Local 14 First Slovak Catholic Union Branch 200 Ford City Boys Club Ford City Coin Club Ford City Garden Club Ford City Kiwanis Club Ford City Lions Club Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 606 German Shooting Club German Roman Catholic Order Knights of St. George Girl Scouts of America Greater Beneficial Union No. 195 Greek Brotherhood Knights of St. Nicholas Independent Order of Foresters International Order of Odd Fellows No. 312 Knights of Columbus Divine Trinity Council 17178 Knights of Pythias No. 382 Lady Francis Rebekah Lodge 518 Latin American Benevolent Society Macedono-American Brotherhood Marshall Grange No. 539 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Order of Independent Americans Polish
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Slovak Catholic Union - 910 6th Ave.
Fraternal Order of Eagles - 424 O'Connor St.
Latin American Club - 1218 3rd Ave.
Union Hall - 624 3rd Avenue
Polish National Alliance - 1316 5th Ave.
Polish Falcons of America - 439 5th Ave.
SOKOL Club - 715 6th Ave
Ukranian Club - 600 6th Ave.
Many of the clubs, in the early 1900's, gave each member a decorative ribbon to wear. These ribbons served a number of purposes. Members would wear them to local events, state and national conventions, and to fellow members' funerals. Most ribbons had the back side done up in black to be worn as they went through the mourning process. Today, most of the organizations have gone to a much smaller lapel type pin instead of the ribbons which sometimes reached eleven inches in length.
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Fraternal Order of Eagles Ford City Aerie No.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 3, 2025
2. Ford City Clubs & Organizations Past and Present Marker
View is looking north on the Armstrong Trail.
Independent Order of Foresters Glass City Court No. 3549
Knights of Pythias Silver Lodge No. 382 Ford City, PA
Knights of St. George (German Club) No. 27 Ford City, PA
Marshall Grange No. 539 Ford City, PA
Order of Independent Americans Ford City, PA
(Front side)
(Reverse side for mourning)
Ukrainian National Association Ford City, PA
F.O.E. ribbon courtesy of the family of Peter J. Wintgens. I.O.F, K. of P., Ο.Ι.Α.Α., and O.I.A ribbons courtesy of Jim Hoover. Marshall Grange ribbon courtesy of Dan Lerner
Text and other photos provided by Bill Oleksak
Erected 2020 by The Ford City Lions Club.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Industry & Commerce • Religion & Religious Structures • Women.
Location. 40° 45.788′ N, 79° 32.379′ W. Marker is in Ford City, Pennsylvania, in Armstrong County. It is on 3rd Avenue north of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located on the Armstrong Trail. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 315 3rd Avenue, Ford City PA 16226, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Pittsburgh Glass Plate Company (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Crossing The Allegheny River (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gone, But Not Forgotten (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Flood That Changed Ford City (approx. half a mile away); John B. Ford (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ford City Veterans Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ford City Anniversary (approx. 0.6 miles away); German World War II Cannon (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ford City.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 80 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
