A new Worshipful Master in a small Georgia town spent the first four days making personal visits to each of the members, inviting them to come to his first Lodge meeting. The following Thursday the Lodge was all but empty. Accordingly, the Worshipful Master placed a notice in the local newspapers, stating that, because the Lodge was dead, it was everyone's duty to give it a decent Masonic burial. The funeral would be held the following Monday afternoon, the notice said. Morbidly curious, a large crowd turned out for the "funeral." In front of the Altar, they saw a closed coffin, smothered in flowers. After the Chaplain delivered the eulogy, he opened the coffin and invited his Brethren to come forward and pay their final respects to their dead Lodge Filled with curiosity as to what would represent the corpse of a "dead Lodge," all the Brethren eagerly lined up to look in the coffin. Each "mourner" peeped into the coffin then quickly turned away with a guilty, sheepish look. In! the coffin, tilted at the correct angle, was a large mirror. Remember the obligation we all took my brethren attend and support your Lodge!!!!

 

To commemorate the Lodge’s 244th year since it was constituted in 1764, Brother Thomas S Cannariato, (MAJ 213th ASG S1 Director) ordered our Stars and Stripes to be flown over his assigned base and headquarters in Balad , Iraq on February 1, 2008. The flag is being shipped back to the U.S. and will be presented to City Councilman and Brother Frank DiCicco at the Anniversary Banquet on February 19th.

 

Thanks to Brother Cannariato and the other Brethren, not only for the flag ceremony and anniversary commemoration, but also for their service and dedication to our country. We’ll keep them in our thoughts and prayers.