Rotary 115 Years on Feb 23rd.

U.S. stamp commemorating Rotary International's 50th anniversary in 1955

The first years of the Rotary Club

The first Rotary Club was formed when attorney Paul P. Harris called together a meeting of three business acquaintances in downtown Chicago, United States, at Harris's friend Gustave Loehr's office in the Unity Building on Dearborn Street on February 23, 1905.[8] In addition to Harris and Loehr (a mining engineer and freemason[9]), Silvester Schiele (a coal merchant), and Hiram E. Shorey (a tailor) were the other two who attended this first meeting. The members chose the name Rotary because initially they rotated subsequent weekly club meetings to each other's offices, although within a year, the Chicago club became so large it became necessary to adopt the now-common practice of a regular meeting place.

1st Canadian Rotary Club?  - see more to find out.....

The next four Rotary Clubs were organized in cities in the western United States, beginning with San Francisco,[10] then Oakland, Seattle,[11] and Los Angeles.[12] The National Association of Rotary Clubs in America was formed in 1910.[13][14] On November 3, 1910, a Rotary club began meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the beginning of the organisation's internationality.[15] On 22 February 1911, the first meeting of the Rotary Club Dublin was held in Dublin, Ireland.[16] This was the first club established outside of North America. In April 1912, Rotary chartered the Winnipeg club[citation needed] marking the first establishment of an American-style service club outside the United States.[17]:45 To reflect the addition of a club outside of the United States, the name was changed to the International Association of Rotary Clubs in 1912.[citation needed]