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The Most Worshipful Grand lodge Of Ancient Free
Accepted Masons In Delaware
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1806 - 2006
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GROWING FROM 4 LODGES IN 1806
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TO 29 CONSTITUTED LODGES TODAY
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Washington 1 - Wilmington
St. Johns 2 New Castle
Hope 4 - Laurel
Oriental 27 - Wilmington
Union 5 - Middletown
Gethsemene 28 - Reliance
Union 7 - Dover
Eureka/Dupont 23/29 - Wilmington
Temple 9 - Milford
Doric 30 - Millville
Temple 11 - Wilmington
Ionic 31 - Newport
Franklin 12 - Georgetown
Unity 32 - Newport
Harmony 13 - Smyrna
Lafayette 14 - Wilmington
Brandywine 33 - Wilmington
Jefferson 15 - Lewes
Granite/Corinthian 34 - Talleyville
Endeavor 17 - Milton
Christiana 35 New Castle
Jackson 19 Delaware City
Solomon 36 - Newark
Hiram 21 - Seaford
Delaware 37 - Dagsboro
Hiram 25 - Newark
Armstrong 26 - Newport
High Noon 38 - Newport
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and the Delaware Lodge of Research
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THIS A LANDMARK YEAR FOR FREEMASONRY IN THE FIRST
STATE AS THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF
DELAWARE CELEBRATES ITS BICENTENNIAL. SPECIAL
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY.
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It Began at Grand Lodge in october, 2005
M.W. William Wadkins, M.W. P.Donald Carey and
Bro. Carl Cox, representing the Delaware
Colonials, announced the formation of the Most
Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Accepted
Masons in Delaware. The colonial gentlemen then
joined R.W. Ronald Conaway and M.W. Donald Thomas
in toasting the Grand Lodge!
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AND IT CONTINUED at THE Grand Lodge OF MARYLAND
in NOVEMBER, 2005
M.W. Ronald Belanger, Grand Master of Masons in
Maryland, noticed a person in Grand Lodge who was
wearing a hat!. That person turned out to be none
other than Jesse Green, second Grand Master in
Delaware, who was there to inform the Grand Lodge
of Maryland that the 124 owed by Hope Lodge 4
in Laurel, Delaware had been paid. As the debt
was finally cleared, Bro. Green asked the Grand
Lodge of Maryland for recognition. M.W. Belanger
then presented a plaque to M.W. Ronald W.
Conaway, formally extending the recognition of
the Grand Lodge of Maryland to the Grand Lodge of
Delaware for the first time.
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General Thomas Alfred Smyth
The last Union General to die in the Civil War
Received all three degrees in one day in March,
1865 from Washington Lodge 1, less than a month
before he was killed by a sniper in Virginia
Saturday, March 18, 2006, the M.W. Grand Lodge of
A.F. A.M. of Delaware, in conjunction with the
Sons of Union Veterans, honored General Smyth
with a reenactment of his Masonic funeral. The
ceremonies began at 818 Market Street in
Wilmington, with a procession to the Wilmington
Brandywine Cemetery.
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News Journal photo, Sunday, March 19, 2006
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All Delaware Masons are invited to join Union 7,
Saturday, May 6th in the Dover Days Parade. Help
showcase 200 years of Freemasonry in Delaware!
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The first prisoner to die at Fort Delaware was
Capt. Lewis P. Holloway from Virginia. He was a
Mason. Jackson Lodge 19 granted him a Masonic
funeral. That funeral will be re-enacted,
Saturday, May 13 at Battery Park in Delaware
City. The event starts at 1030am, followed by a
picnic. ALL ARE WELCOME!
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Be sure to attend Grand Lodge Day at
Highfield Saturday, June 3, 2006. In addition to
the usual food and fellowship, the days events
will be capped off by a wreath-laying ceremony at
the grave of Gunning Bedford, Jr., our first
Grand Master of Masons in Delaware.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 10 Beginning at 4pm GRAND LODGE
PARADE GALA DINNER Parade from 818 Market
Street to Old Town Hall for historic marker
ceremony. Gala dinner at Harrys Savoy Grill
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August 19, 2006, attend a special ceremony in
Seaford for a wreath-laying at the grave of Jesse
Green, the second Grand Master of Masons in
Delaware. After the ceremony, join your Brothers
and their families on the grounds of the historic
Ross Mansion in Seaford for a great picnic!
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There will be other events as wellkeep
posted. Events will be held statewide. This is
our opportunity to show Delaware what Masonry is
about and what it has meant to the First State
for 200 years!
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You will be able to obtain commemorative
items such as an update to Greens History of the
Grand Lodge of A.F. A.M. of Delaware, Commemorat
ive coins, and other mementoes of this historic
occasion.
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How are YOU going to be a part of the celebration?
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How will your Lodge be a part of the celebration?
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ITS HERE
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ARE YOU READY?
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Celebrating 200 years of Freemasonry in Delaware