Masonic Overseas Lodges of the American Expeditionary Forces
sea & field lodges 1-5: grand lodge of new york
The Grand Lodge of New York charted six Sea & Field Lodges, one in the United States and fivw overseas.
Read more about them here.
Army Lodge A, A.F. & A.M. - 113th Field Artillery
Given dispensation from the Grand Lodge of North Carolina in 1918, this lodge held meetings in the U.S. as well as in France during The Great War.
Read more about it here.
Photo courtesy of Alan Michael Crane
Lodge of the 26th Division:
On 11 August, 1918, a meeting of Masons from the 26th Division was held “somewhere in France”. Our research is just beginning on this lodge.
montana army lodge no. 1:
RW Reid Gardiner has published a wonderful article on the history of Montana Army Lodge No. 1, given dispensation by the Grand Lodge of Montana.
See the complete article here:
w.a. colston army lodge u.d. & james n. saunders army lodge u.d.: grand lodge of kentucky
Established in August and September of 1917 by Grand Master J.N. Saunders, it is not known if these lodges ever met.
We intend to find out. Stay tuned…
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