International Sons of the Desert Convention

The Sons of the Desert is an international fraternal organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The group takes its name from a fictional lodge that Laurel and Hardy belonged to in the 1933 film Sons of the Desert.

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Itinerary

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Cincinnati, Ohio

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The Chimp Tent

The Chimp Tent, Oasis no. 279, is Cincinnati’s tent of the Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society.