Pin

  • A commemorative pin from the 7th biennial meeting of the Woodmen of the World during the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia in May of 1907.

This pin belonged to former Baylor University Museum curator, John K. Strecker, Jr.

WOW is an acronym for Woodmen of the World, a fraternal organization founded by Jason Cullen Root in Omaha, Nebraska in 1890. Now known as WoodmenLife, is a not-for-profit fraternal benefit society that operates a large privately held insurance company for its members.