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300 Years of English Freemasonry
Officially, the Grand Lodge of England was founded in London on St. John the Baptist’s day, June 24, 1717, when four existing Lodges gathered at the Goose and Gridiron Ale-house in St. Paul’s Church-yard in London and constituted themselves a Grand Lodge. The four lodges had previously met together in 1716 at the Apple-Tree Tavern, “…and having put into the Chair the oldest Master Mason (now the Master of a Lodge), they constituted themselves a Grand Lodge pro Tempore in due form.” It was at that meeting in 1716 that they resolved to hold the Annual Assembly and Feast and then choose a Grand Master from among themselves, which they did the following year.
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Tuckahoe Celebrates 94 years of Masonic Service!
Let’s go back in time to 1923! Tuckahoe Lodge had its beginning when twenty-nine brethren petitioned the Grand Lodge of Virginia and were granted a charter for a new lodge on February 14, 1923. The first stated communication of Tuckahoe Lodge was held on March 2nd in the Westhampton Lodge building, and that night there were 6 petitions and 5 applications read for the first time. The dues were set at a dollar a month, and the fee for conferring the degrees was set at the princely sum of $50. By the way, if our Lodge dues and fees had kept pace with inflation over the last 94 years, you would be paying $176 a year in dues and over $700 for the degree fees. Just thought you might like to know what a bargain your $100 a year Lodge membership really is…
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November Stated Meeting
At the November Stated Wor. Douglas Messimer presented the 2016 J. Ned Culler Award, posthumously, to Rt. Wor. William Young Roper, III. His wife, Virginia, and family members were present for the ceremony, as Wor. Tom Voltz, Jr, (l) looked on.
The Worshipful Master presented a 50 year Masonic Veteran’s Emblem to Bro. James Homer Frye, who was raised in Tuckahoe Lodge in November of 1966. He was joined by his wife Betty who took part in the presentation by adding the Veteran’s Emblem to Bro. Jim’s lapel. Wor. Messimer then presented Bro. Frye his new membership card and Grand Lodge certificate.
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