Created by a group of Orleans businessmen to boost the fading parade schedule after the Great Depression, the knights take their name from the Greek mythos of the winged courier of the gods.  Featuring flambeaux and torch carriers, Hermes is a step back in time to the grandest age of Carnival, beginning with the golden statue that preceeds each parade, right down to the air of secrecy that pervades the air around them.

The Knights of Hermes also share a connection with the Krewe of Mercury and the Krewe of Thoth.

This krewe shares a Greek theme with the krewes of Adonis, Aphrodite, Argus,  Atlas,  Endymion, Iris,  Jason,  Morpheus,  Muses, Okeanos,  Orpheus,  Pegasus, Proteus,  Morpheus,  Pygmalion,  Rhea, Sparta, and  Zeus.

This krewe is among those krewes that present flambeaux, including the krewes of Babylon, Chaos, d'Etat, Druids, Orpheus, Proteus, Saturn, and Sparta.

This krewe was stopped from marching in the 149th Carnival celebrations by Hurricane Katrina.  The krewe shares that bond with Adonis, Aphrodite, Arabi, Atlas, Bards, Choctaw, Cleopatra, Gladiators, Grela, L'il Rascals, Mercury, NOMTOC, Oshun, Pegasus, Pontchartrain, Saturn, du Vieux, and  Crescent City.