Red Knights (fraternal society)

Last updated December 28, 2025

The Red Knights was a group founded in New Haven, Connecticut in 1874 as one of many ethnic mutual benefit societies in the city.^[1]^[2] Its members were young upwardly mobile Irish who saw the group as a vehicle for social advancement.^[1] The group failed for lack of a viable insurance plan, and many of the members went on to found or join the Knights of Columbus.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 3 Hackett, David G., "That Religion in Which All Men Agree: Freemasonry in American Culture", Univ of California Press, 2014, ISBN 9780520281677, p. 212
1 2 Kauffman, Christopher J. (1982). Faith and Fraternalism: The History of the Knights of Columbus, 1882–1982 . Harper and Row. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-06-014940-6.

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[agree-1] 1 2 3 Hackett, David G., "That Religion in Which All Men Agree: Freemasonry in American Culture", Univ of California Press, 2014, ISBN 9780520281677, p. 212

[faith-2] 1 2 Kauffman, Christopher J. (1982). Faith and Fraternalism: The History of the Knights of Columbus, 1882–1982 . Harper and Row. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-06-014940-6.

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