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Lodge Officer Installation 2014

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2013 J. Ned Culler Award

The 2013 J. Ned Culler Award for Masonic Excellence was presented to Wor. Messimer for his outstanding service to Freemasonry and Tuckahoe Lodge.

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Tuckahoe Veterans receive thank you from Collegiate School

Elementary students from the Collegiate School in Richmond created a special salute to military veterans who are members of Tuckahoe Lodge.  Tuckahoe’s Jr. Warden, Bro. Ray Crouch, presented the patriotic banner crafted by his students in honor of our Veterans at the February Stated Communication, along with an American flag that will be displayed in the Lodge dining hall. Rt. Wor. Clarence Whitley, and Bro. Don Bloomquist, WWII veterans, are proudly holding the banner surrounded by our military veterans who were present for the meeting.

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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.