American Fraternal Alliance

American Fraternal Alliance
Founded1913; 111 years ago (1913)
Chicago, Illinois, US
TypeFraternal umbrella group
AffiliationIndependent
StatusActive
ScopeNorth America
PublicationFraternal Monitor
Chapters57 organizations
Former nameNational Fraternal Congress of America
HeadquartersPO Box 68700
Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-0700
United States
Websitewww.fraternalalliance.org

The American Fraternal Alliance (AFA) is an umbrella group of fraternal orders in the United States. It was founded as the National Fraternal Congress of America in 1913, in Chicago, Illinois.[1] It adopted its current name in 2011.[2]

  1. ^ Alan Axelrod International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders New York; Facts on File, inc 1997 p. 24 and 179
  2. ^ "Milestones in History". Archived from the original on 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2013-07-10.