Order of the Golden Chain Order of the Golden Chain The Order of the Golden Chain is a fraternal social organization for Freemasons and their immediate female relatives. The Order of the Golden Chain originated in June 1929 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, when a group of Master Masons and their female relatives met to fulfill a need for a non-sectarian fraternal organization that would be related to Masonry. This was made necessary as the result of the break with the Order of the Eastern Star, caused by the passage of a mandatory resolution which changed the status of the organization from what had been
Golden grosbeak Golden grosbeak The golden grosbeak ("Pheucticus chrysogaster"), also known as golden-bellied grosbeak or southern yellow grosbeak, is a species of grosbeak in the Cardinalidae family. It is very similar to, and has sometimes been considered conspecific with, the yellow grosbeak. The golden grosbeak is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. The golden grosbeak belongs to the taxonomic family Cardinalidae. Other members of this family include Cardinals, buntings, and grosbeaks. The genus