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Philadelphia, Pa., Aug 4, 2015 \/ 03:05 pm (CNA<\/a>).- The Knights of Columbus kicked off their 133rd annual supreme convention with the usual state-themed flair on Monday in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\tFor years now, the Knights have spent the better part of the first day of their annual convention meandering among various state-themed parties hosted in hotel rooms. Each state hosts a party that serves as a meet-and-greet with other Knights, complete with signature food, drinks and d\u00e9cor from their home.<\/p>\n

\tThe line to even get in the door to the party for Louisiana on the 8th floor of the hotel was about 75 people deep Monday evening. Cajun music and loud chatter wafted into the hallways of waiting people. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tOnce inside, the room boasted wall-to-wall green, purple and gold d\u00e9cor as well as mountains of King Cake and a table full of ready-made \u201cHurricanes,\u201d a famous drink from New Orleans. Several representatives from Louisiana sported masquerade masks or Louisiana-themed face paint, and an entire couch was draped with Mardi-Gras beads to hand to the scores of people walking through the doors.<\/p>\n

\tCharlotte Rose from Shrieveport, Louisiana sat underneath a banner that read \u201cSwamp Knights\u201d as she shook hands and greeted the people filing past.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe best part has just been meeting everybody from everywhere,\u201d she said. \u201cEverybody\u2019s been so nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tWhen asked why her state\u2019s party was so popular, Donna Martin mused: \u201cBecause we give out the most stuff.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tThe atmosphere on the sixth floor in Maryland\u2019s room was a bit more organized but nonetheless jovial. The red, black and yellow Maryland flags covered the walls in the room, and a string of bright red crab lights hung on the wall next to the bar. On the menu: crab dip on crackers and Orange Crush drinks.<\/p>\n

\tMeanwhile on the fifth floor, the pin-swap festivities were well underway. Knights\u2019 representatives arrive to the convention armed with 50 or more pins from their home state, in hopes of trading them away for pins from other states. It\u2019s a way to meet other delegates and to \u201ccollect them all,\u201d Roland Ransom from Wisconsin said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt\u2019s like a quest,\u201d he said. He and his wife Judy said they especially hoped to swap pins with people from some of the \u201crare\u201d states or provinces \u2013 like Hawaii, Alaska or some of the Mexican states \u2013 that don\u2019t have as many delegates at the convention.<\/p>\n

\tChris Gonzalez from Connecticut said the pin swap is a good way to network with other Knights and to swap fundraising tips or other collaborative ideas.<\/p>\n

\tAlso, \u201cit\u2019s just fun. I\u2019m a geography teacher, so I have a great time with this,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n

\tPhil and Theresa Lucero, from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico, said the pin-swap tradition has been around for as long as they can remember. \u00a0
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\n\tThe Luceros came armed with 200 New Mexico pins, and said they planned on giving away whatever they had left over at their parish back home.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe go to daily Mass, and we have a lot of parishioners, so we give one to all the ladies, the ones we have leftover. They love it,\u201d Phil said.<\/p>\n

\tThere were 76 different pins to collect that night \u2013 one from each of the 50 United States, as well as 26 others from states or provinces in Poland, Guam, the Philippines, New Mexico, South Korea and Canada, which all have Knights of Columbus groups.<\/p>\n

\tWith 1.8 million members around the globe, the Knights of Columbus is the world\u2019s largest Catholic fraternal service organization. The group was founded in 1882 by the Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney. In 2014, the Knights raised more than $173.5 million for charity and performed more than 71.5 million hours of volunteer work.<\/p>\n

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