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The Tuckahoe Time Capsule

A time capsule is an historic cache of goods or information, usually intended as a method of communication with future people and to help future archaeologists, or historians. Time capsules are sometimes created and buried during celebrations such as a World’s Fair, the cornerstone laying for a public building or at other events. We now have the opportunity to prepare a Tuckahoe Time Capsule to leave a legacy of Tuckahoe Lodge items and information to future members of the Craft.

At the July Stated Communication our Junior Deacon, Bro. Chris Geary, introduced a special project that all members of the Lodge are invited to take part in. Chris’s vision was to prepare a ‘time capsule’ device in which members may place personal and Masonic mementos (written letters, photos, electronic information on CD’s or thumb drives, medals, jewels, and other Masonic memorabilia) relating to this time in Tuckahoe’s history.

Bro. Geary spent several months, painstakingly hand-crafting and finishing the capsule. It is beautifully fashioned of red oak, lined with white lambskin, and weighs in at 28 pounds. The outside of the device is adorned on one side with the working tools of Freemasonry, on the other side is a trowel. The capsule is dark-stain finished and includes a cable-tow as the main sealing device near the top. The workmanship exhibited on this capsule is of outstanding quality.

Members are asked to prepare items they wish to place in the capsule, along with detailed information about the items included, and who provided them. Bring the items to a Stated or called communication, and give them to Bro. Chris or any Lodge officer. The items will be safely stored until the capsule is ready to be packed and sealed.

Following the December 2013 Stated Communication the capsule will be loaded with the documents and items Chris has received, then sealed and placed within the Lodge with strict instructions to future Masons that the capsule is to be properly protected and cared for, and is to remain sealed until the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Tuckahoe Lodge on February 14, 2048.

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Our 90th Anniversary Celebration

 Photos courtesy of Bro. Jon Lumpkin

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Welcome!

Welcome to the website of Tuckahoe Masonic Lodge No. 347. Our Lodge was  chartered February 14, 1923 by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of  Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Our Stated Communications are held on the first Thursday of every month  at 7:15 P.M. Dinner is served in the Lodge dining room at 6:30 P.M.  prior to each Stated Communication. Master Masons who are members in  good standing of Lodges recognized by the Grand Lodge of Virginia are  welcome to join us for dinner and attend our meetings. We encourage you  to “Bring a Brother with you!”

Classes of Masonic instruction are held every Thursday at 7 P.M. except  when a Stated or Called Communication is scheduled on Thursday; class is  then conducted on the preceding Wednesday at 7 P.M. No classes are held  during the month of December.

The Lodge is located at 5500 Bethlehem Road (corner of Bethlehem and  Dickens Roads) with ample parking available. The Lodge Room and dining  facilities are situated on ground level for easy access. For more  information and directions to our lodge, click here. The phone number at the Lodge is 804-288-5166, with voice  mail message service available.

We encourage you to search the links to our history, educational  programs, information about becoming a Mason, as well as the activities  of our Lodge.

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J. Ned Culler Award

THE J. NED CULLER AWARD
FOR MASONIC EXCELLENCE

Freemasonry, at its heart, is an educational institution. Upon his Raising, every Freemason begins a search for light that takes his entire lifetime and beyond to find. Searching for light means a quest to become more knowledgeable about the Craft, our world, and our inner self. The search means we must be involved in education. The J. Ned Culler Award is given to a Brother who has attained a high degree of excellence in our ritual, Masonic Education, or service to his Lodge, and has dedicated his Masonic life to the betterment of the Lodge and brother Masons through education, research, demonstrated mentoring, and furthering of the lofty goals of our Ancient Craft.

In every generation, there appear among us giants among men who shape and alter the world around them in a highly positive way. J. Ned Culler was one of those giants. He helped and nurtured Masons who firmly believe in the value of Masonic Education and the effect that Masonic Education has on leadership. Brother Ned once said that “leadership is education and education is leadership.” Brother Ned’s life was centered on the precepts so eloquently put forth in our Ritual. He firmly believed in performing excellent ritual work and living out the meaning of the Ritual in his daily life.

James Ned Culler lived out this creed with the utmost humility and distinction. He brought to light the essence of Freemasonry and has led many of the Craft’s leaders to be involved in “higher thoughts and greater achievements.” He stood as a beacon of light for Masonic Education throughout his 40 year Masonic journey. It is a good and proper thing we do to pay homage to this outstanding man and Mason.

Click here to view the Award Criteria and Nomination Form…