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Black plaque № 25004

Ellinger, TX, United States

Cesko Narodni Hrbitov. The Cechomoravan Lodge No. 105 formed in Ellinger in 1884 as part of the national Cesko-Slovanska Podporujici Spolecnost (C.S.P.S.) fraternal society, which offered benefits to Czech immigrants. In 1897, the Ellinger lodge joined other Texas lodges in a new group, the Slovansk

a Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas (Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas), or S.P.J.S.T. Tthe Cesko Narodni Hrbitov, or Czech National Cemetery, was later called Ellinger National Cemetery.

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