Just a quick note and a word of thanks for all the support in helping me reach level 7. Not because I reached this level that I am grateful, but because I know the type of induvials that helped me reach this level. Your friendship and support is the main reason why I am honored to be a part of this society. I will continue to uphold the honor and reputation of this society not just in the community but in my everyday life. Again, thank you each and every one of you.

If one wishes to speak honestly of war—gentleman to gentleman—one must first relinquish sentimentality. The American Civil War was not pageantry. It was not noble spectacle. It was a national catastrophe of such magnitude that its scale still resists moral comprehension. Between 620,000 and 750,000 Americans perished. (US Civil War historians are now moving the number higher.) That is not a statistic—it is a demographic rupture. Roughly one in every forty Americans alive at the time died. Transposed onto the present day, this would mean eight million dead. No other American conflict approaches it. Not remotely. In fact, you can combine all other American war dead, and it still would not even approach the lives lost between 1861-1865. Two-thirds of these men did not fall heroically beneath musket fire. They rotted from disease—dysentery, typhoid, pneumonia—often in camps more lethal than the battlefield. They died alone vomiting or defecating upon themselves…unlike the glamour of Hollywood films. Many were scarcely more than boys. The average soldier was barely past adolescence, some as young as fifteen. Youth marched in with ideals and returned—if they returned at all—maimed, haunted, or hollowed beyond recognition. Over 60,000 amputations were performed! No antibiotics. Crude anesthesia – if any. A saw, speed, and prayer. Survival often depended not on courage, but on whether infection set in before nightfall. Men screamed until their voices gave out. Others bit leather or passed into shock. A gentleman’s bravery was not found in victory, but in endurance. On September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 23,000 men fell in a single day—the bloodiest day in American history. Regiments were erased. Cornfields ran red. Bodies lay in lines so dense one could cross a field without touching earth. The Battle of Gettysburg, of which is often hailed with one of the greatest speeches given in the English language, incurred 51,000 causalities. And yet—here is where restraint is required—this is not where the story ends.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, Sorry for my delay I was a busy day yesterday, lots of running around doing errands. While we are on this journey and while we are making our mark in this world, it’s important to impart these values and principles that we have or learning to the younger generation. Let’s be real look at the state of this world. The old saying “ history is doomed to repeat itself,” this might be true but something has to be the catalyst to make this happen. We know the theory of motion “ whatever in motion, whatever not in motion does not stay in motion”. So what does this mean to us? We have to be that catalyst, by leading by example to this younger generation and reminding the current generation. The realization is that the ones we looked up to have more or less passed on, and we only see these examples in old moves, or in our thoughts. Many have pushed those thoughts out their minds, and let’s be real people are really not into the old classic movies. So what do we do? We continue to build this society of ladies and gentlemen, we lead by example, and encourage others by our actions. Will it be easy? Probably not, we are competing against a society of self entitled people and those who think how we live, what we represent, and what we have to offer doesn’t make sense or matter. But when they see people like us in action, when they realize they we not only command respect and get respect, but we also know how to give respect and receive respect. So let’s make this happen, I started with my grandson, who when we would go out he saw how people respected me, and he came to me and said he wanted to be like me and asked me to teach him. Over the past couple years he had grown into a fine young gentleman. Yesterday he wanted to go with me to run errands and take the pups to the vet and this is how he dresses on a regular basis. At first he thought kids his age made fun of him until they saw the respect he was receiving from teachers, people in the neighborhood and everywhere we went now kids want to be his friend and they look up to him as a leader.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, So many of us on this journey or have been on this journey for a while, for some this is a great time to prevent this from happening and for some it's a time to think and correct what you are already doing. As we started this journey or evolution of change with our style of clothes. We might look better and stylish but does our words, actions, demeanor, or language match our change. A man by the name of Peter Gollwitzer coined this as the Symbolic Self Completion Theory. Basically, it means that someone wants a certain identity and they get it by buying the thing that represents that identity rather than doing the thing to embody that identity. For example, they will buy running shoes rather than run or buy a planner to carry around rather than plan. People will buy nice expensive clothing or expensive ascetic accessories to make themselves look intelligent or a more sophisticated person rather than working on how the talk, handle situations, manage finances, etc. They will try to take the short cuts to impress or to appear better rather than do what it takes to make the change to match the identity or person that they want to be. In the end they end up not happy with themselves, or people see them for who they are. Wanting to change and be a better person is great and honorable, but you have to put in the work along with the change in clothes, position, or status. People want to be seen as a changed person and that is great, but the best way is what is called a silent flex that shows you are a person of status without telling people you are by how you dress. Here 12 things that show silent flex 1. Have calm confidence not performance confidence 2. Speak with precision avoid using filler words and not try to feel you have to have a say so in everything. 3. Clothing is quietly expensive not never obvious; you do not have to wear name beans with logos all over your clothing. 4. Never rush Take your time and be methodical in what you do 5. move effortlessly your walk so have a low not like a sloth or a rabbit but steady walk. 6. Never talk about money never discuss your salary, or the price you paid for things. 7. be selective about what you complain about don't complain out loud in front of people, don't make everything a crisis 8. Social boundaries a crystal clear; do not post your life on social media 9. Educate yourself quietly, read book, always learn and study, ask thoughtful questions 10. Don't chase popularity 11. protect your privacy like its wealth do not post everything you do online (scarcity makes you interesting) 12. Remain calm and avoid chaos

Greetings gents, A gentleman may be encouraged to wear a hat not as an affectation or a nostalgic costume—à la Peaky Blinders—but as a deliberate choice grounded in a long-standing tradition of dignity, practical function, and self-discipline. Historically, the hat served simultaneously as protection from the elements, a marker of social role, and a visible extension of personal order; its presence signified intentionality where disorder might otherwise prevail. To don a hat is to acknowledge that appearance is not trivial, that the body inhabits the world symbolically as well as materially, and that one’s outward form may either harmonize with—or betray—one’s inward discipline. In an age inclined toward informality and aesthetic neglect, the hat quietly restores proportion: it reasserts that care, restraint, and continuity remain virtues, and that a gentleman’s self-presentation is not vanity but responsibility. In what follows, this short essay examines hat etiquette, typology and vocabulary, care and maintenance, and the sociological factors contributing to the hat’s cultural decline. It is intentionally constructed as a curated exegetical work, guiding the reader toward a body of high-quality visual material while providing interpretive structure and philosophical orientation. The videos referenced herein originate primarily from The Gentleman's Gazette, whose work preserves and elucidates forms of dress, etiquette, and masculine presentation that have largely fallen into neglect. We begin by considering the hat itself—its anatomy and proper wear—before surveying a selection of hat types whose inception in the nineteenth century continue to inform contemporary menswear. The hats under examination are primarily Western European in origin, not to diminish the richness or significance of headwear traditions from other cultures, but because the hats most naturally accompanying a well-fitted suit tend to emerge from this western lineage. The essay then turns to the stewardship of the hat through proper care and maintenance, and concludes with a reflection on the cultural conditions that led to the hat’s decline from everyday life.