John Shroeder, Jr., was installed as Master. Chapin, who was Grand Master of Virginia in 1999. It was held at Babcock Lodge #322 in Highland Springs, Virginia The Installing Officer was MW George H.

Walking tour of the historic old town, followed by a visit to Antietam National Battlefield in nearby Sharpsburg, Maryland.ĭecemFor the first time, there was a public, rather than private, installation of CWLR officers. Presentation on Shepherdstown and the Civil War. SeptemCalled meeting in the field at Laurel Hill in Ararat VA, J.E.B. Walking tour of battlefield by National Park Service tour guide. JGettysburg PA - Met at Good Samaritan Lodge. Hunley, and tour of the Hunley Museum Masonic walking tour of historic Charleston tour of Fort Sumter Joseph new WM – tour of the Museum of the Confederacy and the Confederate White House after meetingĪpCharleston SC - Presentation on Confederate submarine H.L. OctoWinchester Hiram Lodge #21 in Winchester, Virginia – same weekend as Cedar Creek reenactment – in evening Unity Lodge #146 (WM is CWLR Treasurer Marty Zuckerman) table LodgeĭecemElection and installation of new officers – Babcock Lodge #322 in Highland Springs, Virginia Charles R. SeptemLodge meeting in the field at Laurel Hill in Ararat, Virginia – birthplace of J.E.B. JDelaware City, Delaware – Jackson Lodge – tour of Fort Delaware, Union prisoner of war camp, with living history show. McCabe new WM – also a tour of Cold Harbor battlefieldĪpGettysburg – Good Samaritan Lodge – followed by a Masonic tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield OctoPresentation by Peter Gross on the burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, followed by a tour of the destroyed area – meeting in the Masonic lodge that was saved from the burningĭecemHighland Springs – elections – Michael E.

(Duryea’s Zouaves) at 2nd Manassas (Bull Run) – followed by tour of Bull Run (Manassas) Battlefield JArlington Masonic Lodge – talk by Brian Pohanka on the 5th N.Y. prison at Point Lookout, Maryland, for Confederate prisoners, followed by a tour of the prison Schindler, Sr., new WM – medical display by Bruce Nelson and tour of old town Fredericksburg and the Masonic cemeteryĪpPresentation by Kathryn Kleiman, Friends of Point Lookout Society, on the U.S. Holien, historian with the Department of the Army, followed by a tour of the Ball’s Bluff Battlefield, near Leesburg, VirginiaĭecemFredericksburg Lodge #4 in Fredericksburg, Virginia – elections – Robert E. OctoPresentation on Battle of Ball’s Bluff by Kim B. JHarpers Ferry, West Virginia, with brass band during lunch, followed by tour of Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, West VirginiaĪugVisited Bentonville, N.C., Battlefield, in Newton Grove, N.C. MaWellsburg, West Virginia – meeting of CWLR in W.V.

OctoAntietam – Pry House – followed by tour of the BattlefieldĭecemHighland Springs – elections – David J. Bessel presented a paper on “Civil War Political and Philosophical Issues from a Masonic Perspective” JGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial, together with officers and members of Quatuor Coronati Lodge #2076 from London – filled the auditorium, with about 350 attendees – Paul M. JGettysburg – CWLR meeting in the open field at dusk, during the 135th Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg Bessel reelected WMĪpFredericksburg Lodge – 2 speakers on Civil War and Masonic research Winchester Hiram Lodge in Winchester, Virginia – Speaker: Michel Brodsky from Belgium, Past Master of Quatuor Coronati Lodge – also Civil War Tour of Winchester – elected officers on new schedule (December instead of May) – Paul M. OctoMasonic Home of Virginia, in Richmond, Virginia – living history demonstration at Grand Lodge family day Bessel new WM – Tribute to the late Allen E. Highland Springs – elected new officers – Paul M. OctoMeeting at Lodge in Richmond, and tour of Richmond battlefields Highland Springs – elected new officers – Keith A. Roberts, WM, unable to attend because of illness Highland Springs – first meeting – Allen E.

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