Posted on 02/02/2003 9:31:52 AM PST by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:34:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The formal name is Keystone Lodge No. 6 of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World.
Locals use the shorthand name, Black Elks.
The fraternal organization's lodge at Highland and Burton avenues looks a bit run down, like other properties in Washington's Highland-Ridge neighborhood, and the financially strapped club is fighting for survival. Behind the dwindling membership and delinquent real estate taxes, however, is a proud story ripe for telling at the start of Black History Month.
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