"The Oddfelismo, or what we know like so, can be as old as the humanity same, or as young as to where it reaches the well-known history of his brotherly activities" Roberto Fortún Fargas P.G.M .

Our Origins :

Historically in 1747 the Society Old Honorables constitutes itself Different Companions in England, the one that in 1809 transforms into United Order of Odd Fellows arising in 1813 the Order from Odd Fellows, Manchester Unit and is indeed of a Lodge of this Unit that in 1817 part towards the United States the Hno. Thomas Wildey and the 26 of April of 1819 founds on Baltimore the Lodge Washington no. 1 first in the American continent recognizing this date as the one of the sprouting of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows because it is from there that the Independent Oddfelismo begins to expand by the Old and New World governed by the Sovereign Great Lodge of I.O.O.F. with seat in E.U.A.

At our country, Cuba, it would arrive the Independent Order of Odd Fellows the 26 of August of 1883, brought by the Hno. Evaristo Valdés Galindo that next to other brothers founds the Lodge No.1 Future on Havana, constituting itself in Century XIX and under the Spanish Metropolis the Lodges Universal Brotherhood No.2, Cuba No.3, Habana No.4, America No.5, Rule no. 6, Children of the No.7 Work until in 1895 in which our Island was bottled in its War of Independence the Spanish Governor prohibe the operation of all the Lodges in the Island, but the Lodges Rule no. 6 and Children of the No.7 Work stayed working in secrecy and subsequent to the 1902 were those that gave height again to our Institution, maintaining an Uninterrupted life of 121 years of Oddfelismo in our Nation, until arriving at the day of today in which we counted on 116 Lodges Subordinated with one membresía of 17.000 brothers; 50 Lodges of Rebekah with 6000 sisters, 33 Campings with 2700 Patriarchs and 12 Cantones with 1000 Militant Patriarchs