Odd Fellows Symbols

Factual Questions
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August West posted this on the Masons thread:

“The only difference between the Masons and your local Moose lodge is that the Masons require you to believe in a higher power. Is it all the fancy symbols that get people so worked up about the Masons? Man, ever seen an Odd Fellows lodge? They have enough symbols to choke a Mason!”

I am curious about this. I can’t seem to find anything on the web about this. I know about the chain link logo with FLT (I heard once it stood for FRATERNITY, LOYALTY, TRUST) but nothing else.

Any insight into this?

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I wrote that because I recently visited the Odd Fellows/Rebekah museum in Mineral Point, WI out of curiousity. The walls of the place were covered with plaques and flags with all kinds of different symbols. As a rough estimate I would say there were 50-60 different ones. What they all mean, I haven’t a clue.