MOWW History

Originally incorporated as the "American Officers of the Great War," the name became "The Military Order of the World War" at the very first convention held in Detroit , Michigan , in September of 1920. One of the most significant items of business that was considered at the first convention was the adoption of "The Preamble" to the Constitution of the Order. In its nine tenets it sets forth the focus and purposes of this organization. The Preamble was written by Captain Francis B. Grevemberg, a Charter Member of the New Orleans Chapter, in 1919, who was a delegate to the 1920 convention. Captain Grevemberg was traveling by train, enroute to the Detroit Convention, when he drafted the document on the back of an envelope. The Preamble remains today as written by Captain Grevemberg, and is proudly on display at our National Headquarters, in Alexandria , Virginia .

The Austin chapter was chartered on 10 July, 1972.