The

Most Worshipful

Grand lodge

Of

Ancient

Free

&

Accepted

Masons

In

Delaware

1806 - 2006

GROWING FROM

4 LODGES IN 1806

TO 29 CONSTITUTED

LODGES TODAY

Washington #1 - Wilmington

St. John’s #2 – New Castle

Hope #4 - Laurel

Union #5 - Middletown

Union #7 - Dover

Temple #9 - Milford

Temple #11 - Wilmington

Franklin #12 - Georgetown

Harmony #13 - Smyrna

Lafayette #14 - Wilmington

Jefferson #15 - Lewes

Endeavor #17 - Milton

Jackson #19 – Delaware City

Hiram #21 - Seaford

Hiram #25 - Newark

Armstrong #26 - Newport

Oriental #27 - Wilmington

Gethsemene #28 - Reliance

Eureka/Dupont #23/29 - Wilmington

Doric #30 - Millville

Ionic #31 - Newport

Unity #32 - Newport

Brandywine #33 - Wilmington

Granite/Corinthian #34 - Talleyville

Christiana #35 – New Castle

Solomon #36 - Newark

Delaware #37 - Dagsboro

High Noon #38 - Newport

…and the

Delaware Lodge

of Researc

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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.

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!

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.

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.

News Journal photo, Sunday, March 19, 2006

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!

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 10:30am, followed by a picnic.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

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.

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 Harry’s Savoy Grill

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!

There will be other events as well…keep 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!

You will be able to obtain commemorative items

such as an update to Green’s

History of the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of Delaware,

Commemorative coins,

and other mementoes of this historic occasion.

How are YOU going to be a part of the celebration?

How will your Lodge be a part of the celebration?

IT’S HERE…

ARE YOU READY?

Celebrating 200 years of Freemasonry in

Delaware