AAA

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AAA was founded on March 4, 1902, in Chicago, Illinois, as a federation of 51 independently operated motor clubs throughout North America.

AAA is a not-​for-​profit member service organization with more than 51 million members. AAA provides services to its members such as travel, automotive, insurance, financial, and discounts.

History

Established in 1902.

The American Automobile Association (the «AAA» or «Triple-​A») was founded on March 4, 1902, in Chicago, Illinois when, in response to a lack of roads and highways suitable for automobiles, nine motor clubs with a total of 1,500 members banded together to form the Triple-​A. Those individual motor clubs were the Chicago Automobile Club, Automobile Club of America, Automobile Club of New Jersey, Long Island Automobile Club, Rhode Island Automobile Club, Philadelphia Automobile Club, Princeton University Automobile Club, Automobile Club of Utica, and Grand Rapids Automobile Club.