Editing Shriners (section)

==Events==
[[File:2016July4-Parade-19.jpg|thumb|left|A Shriner clown]]
Shriners host the annual [[East–West Shrine Game]], a college [[American football|football]] all-star game.

The Shriners originally hosted a golf tournament in association with singer/actor [[Justin Timberlake]], called the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, a [[PGA Tour]] golf tournament played in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada.<ref>[http://www.shrinersinternational.org/Events/JTSHCOpen.aspx "Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810141750/http://www.shrinersinternational.org/Events/JTSHCOpen.aspx |date=2011-08-10 }}, Sunday, September 25, 2011 - Sunday, October 2, 2011, Las Vegas, NV 89134. Shriners International. Retrieved August 7, 2011.</ref> The relationship between Timberlake and the Shriners ended in 2012, when the Shriners reported that Timberlake was interested in being involved with the organization only when television cameras were present.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2012/10/02/shriners-end-charity-golf-relationship-with-justin-timberlake/1609131/ "Justin Timberlake and Shriners break charity golf ties"], Usatoday.com, October 2, 2012.</ref> In July 2012, the PGA Tour and Shriners Hospitals for Children announced a five-year title sponsorship extension, carrying the commitment to the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open through 2017.<ref>[http://www.shrinershospitalsopen.com/Press/FiveYearExtensionAnnounced.aspx "Shriners Hospitals for Children Extends Tournament Sponsorship"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725195722/http://www.shrinershospitalsopen.com/Press/FiveYearExtensionAnnounced.aspx |date=2014-07-25}}, Monday, July 2, 2012.</ref> The name was changed to The Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and is played in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref>[http://www.shrinershospitalsopen.com/ "2013 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open."], Shrinershospitalsopen.com, Retrieved January 2, 2013.</ref>

Many Shrine Centers also hold a yearly [[Shrine Circus]] as a fundraiser.

Once a year, the fraternity meets for the Imperial Session in a North American city.

=== Shriners International Imperial Sessions ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Shriners International Imperial Sessions<ref name="imperialsession">{{cite web |title=Shriners International Imperial Session History |url=https://imperialsession.com/history/ |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="alchemist">{{cite web |title=Al Chymia Shrine Newsletter Archive |url=https://alchymiashrine.org/alchemist-newsletter/ |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="1921_history">{{cite web |title=History of the Imperial Council Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America SECOND EDITION 1872-1921 |url=http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/history_of_the_aaonms.htm |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="paradetoglory">{{cite web |title=Parade To Glory - Fred Van Deventer |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17905657-parade-to-glory |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref>
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!  #  !! Year !!     City     !! State/Province !! Host Chapter !! Imperial Potentate
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| 1   || 1876 || New York     ||    NY          || Mecca        || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
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| 2   || 1877 || Albany || NY || Cyprus || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
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| 3   || 1878 || New York || NY || Mecca || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
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| 4   || 1879 || Albany || NY || Cyprus || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
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| 5   || 1880 || New York || NY || Mecca || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
|-
| 6   || 1880 || New York || NY || Mecca || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
|-
| 7   || 1881 || New York || NY || Mecca || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
|-
| 8   || 1882 || New York || NY || Mecca || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
|-
| 9   || 1883 || New York || NY || Mecca || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
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| 10  || 1884 || New York || NY || Mecca || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
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| 11 || 1885 || New York || NY || Mecca || Walter M. Fleming (Mecca)
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| 12 || 1886 || Cleveland || OH || Al Koran || Sam Briggs (Al Koran)
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| 13 || 1887 || Indianapolis || IN || Murat || Sam Briggs (Al Koran)
|-
| 14 || 1888 || Toronto || Ontario || Rameses || Sam Briggs (Al Koran)
|-
| 15 || 1889 || Chicago || IL || Medinah || Sam Briggs (Al Koran)
|-
| 16 || 1890 || Pittsburgh || PA || Syria || Sam Briggs (Al Koran)
|-
| 17 || 1891 || Niagara Falls || NY || Ismailia || Sam Briggs (Al Koran)
|-
| 18 || 1892 || Omaha || NE || Tangier || William B. Melish (Syrian)
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| 19 || 1893 || Cincinnati || OH|| Syria || William B. Melish (Syrian)
|-
| 20 || 1894 || Denver || CO || El Jebel || Thomas J. Hudson (Syria)
|-
| 21 ||	1895 ||	Nantasket Beach || MA || Aleppo || Charles L. Field (Islam)
|-
| 22 ||	1896 ||	Cleveland||	OH||	Al Koran||	Harrison Dingman (Almas)
|-
| 23 ||	1897 ||	Detroit	||MI	||Moslem||	Albert B. McGaffey (El Jebel)
|-
| 24 ||	1898||	Dallas||	TX||	Hella||	Ethelbert F. Allen (Ararat)
|-
| 25 ||	1899||	Buffalo||	NY||	Ismailia||	John H. Atwood (Tangier)
|-
| 26 ||	1900||	Washington||	DC||	Almas|| 	Lou B. Winsor (Saladin)
|-
| 27||	1901||	Kansas City||	MO||	Ararat||	Philip C. Shaffer (Lu Lu)
|-
| 28||	1902||	San Francisco||	CA||	Islam||	Henry C. Akin (Tangier)
|-
| 29||	1903||	Saratoga Springs||	NY||	Oriental||	George L. Brown (Ismailia)
|-
| 30||	1904||	Atlantic City||	NJ||	Crescent||	George L. Brown (Ismailia)
|-
| 31||	1905||	Niagara Falls||	NY||	Ismailia||	Henry A. Collins (Rameses)
|-
| 32||	1906||	Chicago||	IL||	Medinah||	Alvah P. Clayton (Moila)
|-
| 33||	1907||	Los Angeles||	CA||	Al Malaikah||	Frank C. Roundy (Medinah)
|-
| 34||	1908||	Saint Paul||	MN||	Osman||	Edwin I. Alderman (El Kahir)
|-
| 35||	1909||	Louisville||	KY||	Kosair||	George L. Street (Acca)
|-
| 36||	1910||	New Orleans||	LA||	Jerusalem||	Fred A. Hines (Al Malaikah)
|-
| 37||	1911||	Rochester||	NY||	Damascus||	John F. Treat (El Zagal)
|-
| 38||	1912||	Los Angeles||	CA||	Al Malaikah||	William J. Cunningham (Boumi)
|-
| 39||	1913||	Dallas||	TX||	Hella||	William W. Irwin (Osiris)
|-
| 40||	1914||	Atlanta||GA||	Yaarab||	Frederick R. Smith (Damascus)
|-
| 41||	1915||	Seattle||	WA||	Nile||	J. Putnam Stevens (Kora)
|-
| 42||	1916||	Buffalo||	NY||	Ismailia||	Henry F. Niedringhaus, Jr. (Moolah)
|-
| 43||	1917||	Minneapolis||	MN||	Zurah||	Charles E. Ovenshire (Zuhrah)
|-
| 44||	1918||	Atlantic City||	NJ||	Crescent||	Elias J. Jacoby (Murat)
|-
| 45||	1919||	Indianapolis||	IN||	Murat||	W. Freeland Kendrick (Lu Lu)
|-
| 46||	1920||	Portland||	OR||	Al Kader||	Ellis Lewis Garretson (Afifi)
|-
| 47||	1921||	Des Moines||	IA||	Za-Ga-Zig||	Ernest A. Cutts (Alee)
|-
| 48||	1922||	San Francisco||	CA||	Islam||	James S. McCandless (Aloha)
|-
| 49||	1923||	Washington||	DC||	Almas|| Conrad V. Dykeman (Kismet)
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| 50||	1924||	Kansas City||	MO||	Ararat|| James E. Chandler (Ararat)	
|-
| 51||	1925||	Los Angeles||	CA||	Al Malaikah|| James C. Burger (El Jebel)	
|-
| 52||	1926||	Philadelphia||	PA||	Lu Lu||	David W. Crosland (Alcazar)
|-
| 53||	1927||	Atlantic City||	NJ||	Crescent|| Clarence M. Dunbar (Palestine)
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| 54||	1928||	Miami||	FL||	Mahi|| Frank C. Jones (Arabia)	
|-
| 55||	1929||	Los Angeles||	CA||	Al Malaikah|| Leo V. Youngworth (Al Malaikah)
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| 56||	1930||	Toronto||	Ontario||	Rameses|| Esten A. Fletcher	(Damascus)	
|-
| 57||	1931||	Cleveland||	OH||	Al Koran|| Thomas J. Houston (Medinah)
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| 58||	1932||	San Francisco||	CA||	Islam||	Earl C. Mills (Za-Ga-Zig)
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| 59||	1933||	Atlantic City||	NJ||	Crescent|| John N. Sebrell (Khedive)	
|-
| 60||	1934||	Minneapolis||	MN||	Zurah||	Dana S. Williams (Kora)
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| 61||	1935||	Washington||	DC||	Almas|| Leonard P. Steuart (Almas)	
|-
| 62||	1936||	Seattle||	WA||	Nile||	Clyde I. Webster (Moslem)
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| 63||	1937||	Detroit||	MI||	Moslem|| Walter Smith Sugden (Osiris)	
|-
| 64||	1938||	Los Angeles||	CA||	Al Malaikah|| A. A. D. Rahn	(Zurah)
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| 65||	1939||	Baltimore||	MD||	Boumi|| Walter D. Cline	(Maskat)	
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| 66||	1940||	Memphis||	TN||	Al Chymia|| George F. Olendorf (Abou Ben Adhem)	
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| 67||	1941||	Indianapolis||	IN||	Murat||	Thomas C. Law (Yaarab)
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| 68||	1942||	Chicago||	IL||	Medinah|| Albert H. Fiebach (Al Koran)	
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| 69||	1943||	Chicago||	IL||	Medinah|| Morley E. MacKenzie (Rameses)
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| 70||	1944||	Milwaukee||	WI||	Tripoli||	Alfred G. Arvold (El Zagal)
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| 71||	1945||	Chicago||	IL||	Medinah||	William H. Woodfield Jr. (Islam)
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| 72||	1946||	San Francisco||	CA||	Islam||	George H. Bowe (Cyprus)
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| 73||	1947||	Atlantic City||	NJ||	Crescent|| Karl Rex Hammers	(Syria)
|-
| 74||	1948||	Atlantic City||	NJ||	Crescent|| Gallaway Calhoun	(Sharon)	
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| 75||	1949||	Chicago||	IL||	Medinah|| Harold Clayton Lloyd (Al Malaikah)	
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| 76||	1950||	Los Angeles||	CA||	Al Malaikah||	Hubert McNeill Poteat (Sudan)
|-
| 77||	1951||	New York||	NY||	Mecca||	Robert Gardiner Wilson, Jr. (Aleppo)
|-
| 78||	1952||	Miami||	FL||	Mahi|| Harvey A. Beffa	(Moolah)	
|-
| 79||	1953||	New York||	NY||	Mecca||	Remmie LeRoy Arnold (Acca)
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| 80||	1954||	Atlantic City||	NJ||	Crescent||	Frank S. Land (Ararat)
|-
| 81||	1955||	Chicago||	IL||	Medinah|| Walter C. Gay	(Scimitar)	
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| 82||	1956||	Detroit||	MI||	Moslem|| Gerald D. Crary (Naja)
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| 83||	1957||	Atlanta||	GA||	Yaarab||	Thomas W. Melham (Zemora)
|-
| 84||	1958||	Chicago||	IL||	Medinah||	George E. Stringfellow (Salaam)
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| 85||	1959||	Atlantic City||	NJ||	Crescent|| Clayton F. Andrews (El Maida)	
|-
| 86||	1960||	Denver||	CO||	El Jebel|| George A. Mattison, Jr. (Zamora)
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| 87||	1961||	Miami||	FL||	Mahi||	Marshall M. (Marsh) Porter (Al Azhar)
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| 88||	1962||	Toronto||	Ontario||	Rameses	|| George M. Klepper, Sr. (Al Chymia)
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| 89||	1963||	Chicago||	IL||	Medinah|| Harold C. Close (Sphinx)	
|-
| 90||	1964||	New York||	NY||	Mecca||	O. Carlyle Brock (Zem Zem)
|-
| 91||	1965||	Washington||	DC||	Almas|| 	Barney W. Collins (Anezeh)
|-
| 92||	1966||	San Francisco||	CA||	Islam||	Orville F. Rush	(Kena)
|-
| 93||	1967||	Washington||	DC||	Almas||	Thomas F. Seay (Medinah)
|-
| 94||	1968||	Chicago||	IL||	Medinah|| Chester A. Hogan (Nile)	
|-
| 95||	1969||	Seattle||	WA||	Nile|| J. Worth Baker (Murat)	
|-
| 96||	1970||	Indianapolis||	IN||	Murat||	Aubrey G. Graham (Khedive)
|-
| 97||	1971||	Miami||	FL||	Mahi|| C. Victor Thornton (Moslah)
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| 98||	1972||	Dallas||	TX||	Hella||	Henry B. Struby	(Hadi)
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| 99||	1973||	Atlanta||	GA||	Yaarab|| J. A. Wingerter (Salaam)	
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| 100||	1974||	Atlantic City||	NJ||	Crescent||	Jack M. Streight (Gizeh)
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| 101||	1975||	Toronto||	Ontario||	Rameses|| W. W. (Woody) Bennett	(Ararat)
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| 102||	1976||	Kansas City||	MO||	Arara||	Peter Val Preda (Cairo)
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| 103||	1977||	New York||	NY||	Mecca||	Fred R. Morrison, Sr. (Moslem)
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| 104||	1978||	Detroit||	MI||	Moslem|| Warren F. Weck, Jr. (Zuhrah)	
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| 105||	1979||	Denver||	CO||	El Jebel|| Charles J. Claypool (Antioch)
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| 106||	1980||	Milwaukee||	WI||	Tripoli|| F. T. H. Doubler, Jr. (Abou Ben Adhem)	
|-
| 107||	1981||	New Orleans||	LA||	Jerusalem||	Randolph R. Thomas (Morocco)
|-
| 108||	1982||	Orlando||	FL||	Bahia||	Daniel E. Bowers (Mohammed)
|-
| 109||	1983||	Denver||	CO||	El Jebel||	Richard B. Olfene (Kora)
|-
| 110||	1984||	Boston||	MA||	Aleppo|| V. Gene Bracewell (Yaarab)	
|-
| 111||	1985||	Atlanta||	GA||	Yaarab||	Walker S. Kisselburgh (Al Malaikah)
|-
| 112||	1986||	Los Angeles||	CA||	Al Malaikah|| Russell H. Anthony (El Kahir)
|-
| 113||	1987||	Las Vegas||	NV||	Zelzah|| Voris King	(Habibi)	
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| 114||	1988||	New Orleans||	LA||	Jerusalem||	Edward G. McMullan (Al Azhar)
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| 115||	1989||	Toronto||	Ontario||	Rameses||	George Washington Powell (Crescent)
|-
| 116||	1990||	Chicago||	IL||	Medinah|| Joseph P. Padgett	(Islam)
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| 117||	1991||	San Francisco||	CA||	Islam||	John W. Dean, III (Lu Lu)
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| 118||	1992||	Orlando||	FL||	Bahia||	Everett M. Evans (Sharon)
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| 119||	1993||	San Antonio||	TX||	Alzafar|| Richard L. Bukey (Sabbar)
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| 120||	1994||	Denver||	CO||	El Jebel|| Burton Ravellette, Jr. (Sahara)	
|-
| 121||	1995||	Indianapolis||	IN||	Murat||	Robert B. Bailey (Orak)
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| 122||	1996||	New Orleans||	LA||	Jerusalem||	John D. Vermass (Sesostris)
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| 123||	1997||	Saint Louis||	MO||	Moolah|| Lewis B. Brantley (Morocco)	
|-
| 124||	1998||	Orlando||	FL||	Bahia|| John C. Nobles (El Maida)	
|-
| 125||	1999||	Dallas||	TX||	Hella||	Ralph W. Semb (Melha)
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| 126||	2000||	Boston||	MA||	Aleppo|| Robert N. Turnipseed (Calam)	
|-
| 127||	2001||	Las Vegas||	NV||	Zelzah|| Kenneth W. Smith (Gizeh)
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| 128||	2002||	Vancouver||	British Columbia||	Gizeh||	Charles A. Claypool	(Antioch)
|-
| 129||	2003||	Minneapolis||	MN||	Zurah||	M. Burton Oien (Al Aska)
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| 130||	2004||	Denver||	CO||	El Jebel|| Raoull L. Frevel Sr.	(Boumi)	
|-
| 131||	2005||	Baltimore||	MD||	Boumi||	Gary W. Dunwoody (Scimitar)
|-
| 132||	2006||	Tampa||	FL||	Egypt||	Nicholas Thomas (Al Malaikah)
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| 133||	2007||	Anaheim||	CA||	El Bekal|| Bernard J. Lemieux (Zenobia)	
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| 134||	2008||	Saint Louis||	MO||	Moolah|| Douglas E. Maxwell (Moolah)	
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| 135||	2009||	San Antonio||	TX||	Alzafar|| Terry McGuire (Alzafar)	
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| 136||	2010||	Toronto||	Ontario||	Rameses||	George A. Mitchell (Rameses)
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| 137||	2011||	Denver||	CO||	El Jebel|| Michael G. Severe (El Jebel)
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| 138||	2012||	Charlotte||	NC||	Oasis||	Alan W. Madsen (Oasis)
|-
| 139||	2013||	Indianapolis||	IN||	Murat|| John A. Cinotto (Murat)
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| 140||	2014||	Minneapolis||	MN||	Zurah||	Dale W. Stauss (Kem)
|-
| 141||	2015||	Houston||	TX||	Arabia||	Jerry G. Gantt (Arabia)
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| 142||	2016||	Tampa||	FL||	Egypt||	Chris Smith (Wahabi)
|-
| 143||	2017||	Daytona Beach||	FL||	Bahia||	Gary Bergenske (Bahia)
|-
| 144||	2018||	Daytona Beach||	FL||	Bahia||	Jim L. Cain, Sr. (Al Menah)
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| 145||	2019||	Nashville||	TN||	Al Menah|| Jeffrey L. Sowder (Rameses)
|-
| 146||	2020||	Tampa||	FL||	Egypt||	James R. Smith (Ben Hur)
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| 147||	2021||	Houston||	TX||	Arabia|| William S. “Bill” Bailey (Orak)	
|-
| 148||	2022||	Minneapolis||	MN||	Zurah||	Kenneth G. "Kenny" Craven (Omar)
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| 149||	2023||	Charlotte||	NC||	Oasis||	James E. “Ed” Stolze, Jr. (El Zaribah)
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| 150||	2024||	Reno||	NV||	Kerak||	Richard Burke (Yaarab)
|-
| 151||	2025||	Atlanta||	GA||	Yaarab|| Kevin R. Costello (Cyprus) [If elected in line]
|-
| 152||	2026||	Tampa||	FL||	Egypt||	
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