Two of the ceremonial Masonic aprons worn by George Washington have been preserved. One, presented to him by his French agents - Watson and Cassoul, both Masons - is held at the Alexandria-Washington Lodge 22 in Virginia. The second in the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania at their museum in Philadelphia.
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Probably the first religious opposition to Freemasonry in the United States came from a group of Baptist churches in New York State, with an anti-freemasonry convention held in Milton, Saratoga County on 12 and 13 September 1827.
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The monthly Third Monday meeting of the North Sea Armed Forces Lodge in Bremen is an ideal time to meet up with Freemasons, learn more about the Craft in general, and this Lodge in particular.
We meet at 18.00 for open discussion, followed by a meal in convivial, private surroundings.
Further information and registration from the Secretary, through the contact form on the profile-linked website.
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German Lodges celebrate the Festival of St. John the Baptist in June, also known as the Festival of Roses. It is considered the end of the Masonic year, and the start of the new Masonic year. Lodges then disperse for two months vacation. Many German Lodges also change their elected and appointed officers during this Ritual Meeting.
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The United Grand Lodges of Germany was formed in the 1950s to cover three remaining Grand Lodges after the Second World War, and those of the British and American forces stationed in Germany. This single Grand Lodge was then accepted and recognised by the Premier Grand Lodge in England.
Due to the long history of Freemasonry in Germany, it was granted a Charter date of 13 September 1740, the formation date of its oldest component.
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Of the four original Lodges which formed the first Grand Lodge in London and Westminster in 1717, three are still working:
Goose and Gridiron Lodge (now The Lodge of Antiquity #2)
Rummer and Grapes Lodge (now Royal Somerset House and Inverness #4)
Apple Tree Lodge (now Fortitude and Old Cumberland #12).
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The Reverend Mason Locke Weems, a member of Lodge No. 50, in Virginia, wrote a 'Life of Washington' which was so successful it was published in seventy editions. Weems invented the tale of Washington and the cherry tree (in a later edition of his book), and his work has subsequently been described as a few facts 'buried beneath a preponderance of pietistic drivel and grandiloquent panegyrics.'
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Although Lodges were formed in the former American colonies in 1730 (Tun Tavern), 1733 (First Lodge, Boston), 1734 (Solomon, Savannah) and 1735 (Solomon, Charleston), the first regular and Duly Constituted Lodge was St. John's Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts. It was Chartered on 30 July 1733..
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