HISTORY

 

IN 1947 A GROUP OF 31 WIVES AND SISTERS OF THE FORT PIERCE ELKS LODGE FORMED THE ANNA MILLER CIRCLE, SO NAMED TO HONOR ANNA MILLER, WHO WITH HER HUSBAND, HARRY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN BEGINNING OF WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE FLORIDA ELKS CHILDREN HOSPITAL ALICE PECKELIS, WHOSE HUSBAND WAS A PAST STATE PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA ELKS, WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT AND IS A LIFE MEMBER. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THE NAME OF OUR ORGANIZATION WAS CHANGED TO BETTER IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATION WITH THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS.