President John F. Kennedy, a member of the Knights of Columbus, receives a framed copy of the Pledge of Allegiance from Supreme Knight Luke E. Hart at the White House in 1961. The Knights of Columbus was instrumental in adding the term “under God” to the Pledge (courtesy of the Knights of Columbus).

President Ronald Reagan addresses the 100th Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention in Hartford in 1982 (courtesy of the Knights of Columbus).

At Ground Zero in New York, Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson and Former Supreme Chaplain Bishop Thomas V. Daily join New York Police Department chaplain Rev. Robert J. Romano and Msgr. Ralph J. Maresca, secretary to the bishop. The Knights of Columbus Heroes Fund  distributed a total of more than $1.3 million to families of emergency workers who died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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