The Military Order of the Stars and Bars (MOSB) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in the United States that is based in Nixa, Missouri. It is a lineage society founded in 1938. Qualifying ancestors will have been an Officer, Surgeon, or Chaplain in the Confederate States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or an elected or appointed public official in the years 1861 – 1865.
History
The order was founded in 1938 in Columbia, South Carolina, at a meeting attended by 17 former Confederate officers and 47 male descendants of Confederate officers. They voted to begin a new CSA veterans society to hold annual meetings and chose the name of the "Order of the Stars and Bars".
The organization changed its name to "The Military Order of the Stars and Bars" at the 39th General Convention held in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1976.
The largest chapter (the most amount of qualified members) is the Sul Ross, Chapter 184 located in San Antonio, Texas with many of its members serving on the organization's Board of Directors.
At the initiation of new members and at the beginning of meetings, members pledge to "commemorate and honor the service of leadership these men rendered" and salute the Confederate flag "with affection, reverence and undying devotion for the Cause for which it stands". although some are members of both organizations.