# Odd Fellows Symbols

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fellows-symbols/75490>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 8, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fellows-symbols/75490 "2001-08-08T19:27:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phouchg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Phouchg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phouchg)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fellows-symbols/75490/1 "2001-08-08T19:27:44Z")

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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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**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fellows-symbols/75490/2 "2001-08-08T19:34:11Z")

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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.