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\"\"<\/a>The formal, legal name of the organization (which as we know is commonly referred to as \u201cthe Grange\u201d) including all of its chapters, divisions and affiliated entities, as created in the original constitution in 1868 and carried forward to this day is \u201cThe Order of Patrons of Husbandry.\u201d\u00a0 The term \u201cGrange\u201d was originally sup-posed to be used as the designation of a specific chapter of the organization.\u00a0 Thus, for example, the full and legal name of the District of Columbia chapter of the organization is Potomac Grange (chapter) #1 of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.\u00a0 The full legal name of the national organization is The National Grange (chapter) of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.\u00a0 Use of the term \u201cGrange\u201d was originally intended in the 1860\u2019s and early 1870\u2019s as a means of allowing a shortened, truncated version of the full legal name of any particular chapter because once you saw the term Grange in the title of the local state or national chapter, it was supposed to be implicitly understood that the phrase \u201cof the Order of Patrons of Husbandry\u201d automatically followed.<\/p>\n

Well, common usage in the English language (especially American English of the 19th century) being fluid and dynamic, the meaning of the word \u201cGrange\u201d to imply reference to the full, formal name of each local chapter quickly became completely truncated in common speech and usage.\u00a0 Thus, the term \u201cGrange\u201d which was supposed to be a reference to a specific chapter of the organization quickly evolved in common usage to be a reference to the en-tire organization, with the \u201c of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry\u201d phrase basically falling into limited use only as a formal, legal reference to the entire organization.\u00a0 There were some attempts by early Grange (see I do it, too) leaders to create a short hand reference to the entire organization by using references to \u201cthe Order\u201d in their writings and communications.\u00a0 And while this version of the short hand reference to the entire organization is still understood and accepted by members of the organization, outside of the organization, such as in the press or other popular commentary, \u201cthe Order\u201d just never caught on.<\/p>\n

By 1876, Grange leaders finally gave up trying to define how the rest of the world would designate and define the name of their organization and formally applied for US trademark protection for the term GRANGE, so that they could protect the intellectual property that was being created by popular association with the word Grange and their organization.\u00a0 If you can\u2019t beat them, join them.\u00a0 Early Grange leaders were nothing if not flexible in trying to manage the various cross currents of expectations and objectives that the massive wave of new members placed on the organization in its first decade of existence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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