Interrnational Order of Good Templars, London, Ontario
DimensionsOverall: 5.8 × 15.5 cm (2 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jessie Robins, London, Ontario, 1980
Object number1980.043.037
Label TextThis ribbon belonged to Londoner Frederick Robins, a member of London’s Lodge No. 216 of the International Order of Good Templars. A part of the Independent Order of Good Templars founded in the United States in 1852, it worked to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol. From the mid-19th century on, temperance organizations across Canada argued that alcohol was the root of many social evils.
NameRibbon, Commemorative
