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National Grange President Betsy Huber works at her desk at the organization’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., near the White House.
Texas State Grange Junior members Jake and Zach Wilkins pick strawberries for the Poteet Grange Annual Strawberry Festival.
Massachusetts State Grange members present veterans with Quilts of Valor during an annual convention. It's just one of several partnerships the Grange has made with other organizations to provide support and give back.
A Grange Fair is held near Hamburg, Connecticut, featuring cattle being shown in a field. Date unknown -- Albertype Company collection
A print illustrates a procession and mass meeting in "History of the Grange Movement" in 1874 by the National Publishing Co. The National Grange was organized in 1867 to assist farmers with purchasing machinery, building grain elevators, lobbying for government regulation of railroad shipping fees and providing a support network for farm families. By the early 1870s there were more than 1 million members.
The Brooklyn Grange enters a float in a Labor Day parade about 1955 in Brooklyn, Wisconsin. Men and women on the float mimic various household and recreational activities. -- John Newhouse photographer
Jason Maloney and Red
Editor's note: This is the first part of a two-part article.
Jason Maloney is an “elderly” farm boy from Marinette County, Wisconsin. He’s a retired educator, a retired soldier and a lifelong Wisconsin resident. He lives on the shore of Lake Superior with his wife, Cindy Dillenschneider, and Red, a sturdy loyal Australian Shepherd.
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Two years after the Civil War ended, in 1867, the nation’s wounds were still fresh. Families and communities were broken due to internal polit…
Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part article. The first part was published in the April 29 issue of Agri-View.
A print illustrates a procession and mass meeting in "History of the Grange Movement" in 1874 by the National Publishing Co. The National Grange was organized in 1867 to assist farmers with purchasing machinery, building grain elevators, lobbying for government regulation of railroad shipping fees and providing a support network for farm families. By the early 1870s there were more than 1 million members.
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