| January 7, 1808, the Grand Lodge of Ohio was
established. |
| January 8, 1844, the Grand Lodge of Iowa was
formed |
| January 13, 1818, the Grand Lodge of Indiana was
formed |
January 17, 1865, the Grand Lodge of Nevada was
formed
| January 17, 1872, the Grand Lodge of Utah
was formed |
|
| January 26, 1866, the Grand Lodge of Montana was
formed |
| February 7, 1981, the Grand Lodge of Alaska was
organized |
| February 19, 1811, the Grand Lodge of the District
of Columbia was formed, Washington
D.C. |
February 24, 1853, the Grand Lodge of Minnesota was
formed |
| March 3, 1753, George Washington received his
Fellow Craft degree, Fredericksburg Lodge, Virginia |
| 1792, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
was organized |
| March 5, 1775, several black men, including one
named Prince Hall, were initiated into Freemasonry in Boston. This
marked the beginning of what became a huge movement or organization
in the United States known as Prince Hall Masonry, composed mainly
of African Americans. |
| March 9, 1822, a national Masonic Congress was
held, Washingtpn DC,, the U.S. Capitol building |
| March 17, 1856, the Grand Lodge of Kansas was
formed |
| March 18, 1902, the Tall Cedars of Lebonan was
incorporated, in Trenton, New Jersey. |
March 25, 1882, the Grand Lodge of Arizona was
organized |
| April 4, 1778, Voltaire was initiated, "Les
Neuf Soeurs" Lodge, Paris. His conductors were Benjamin Franklin
and Count Gebelin |
| April 8, 1790, the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
was constituted |
| April 19, 1787, the Grand Lodge of Maryland was
formed |
| April 19, 1850, the Grand Lodge of
California was formed |
| April 20, 1884, Pope Leo XIII issued a famous
Papal Bull against Freemasry, titled Humanum Genus |
| April 28, 1738, Pope Clement XII issued the
first Papal Bull attacking Freemasry |
| April 28, 1840, the Grand Lodge of
Illinois was formed |
| May 4, 1821, the Grand Lodge of Missouri was
formed |
May 8, 1843, a national Masonic Congress was
begun in Baltimore, sometimes referred to as the Baltimore
Convention, to attempt to establish a uniform ritual for United
States Grand Lodges. |
| May 11, 1865, the Grand Lodge of West Virginia
was formed |
| May 12, 1932, the George Washington Masonic
National Memorial in, Alexandria, Virginia, was dedicated, a very
large ceremony, attended by thousands, including the President of
the United States |
| May 12, 1999, the Grand Lodge of
D.C., under the leadership of Grand Master Dan L Frederick,
voted to recognize the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of D.C. |
| May 17, 1921, High Twelve International was
organized. |
| May 27, 1957, Carl H. Claudy, Masonic author
and playwright, D.C. Grand Master, 1943, Executive Secretary of
MSA, died |
| May 31, 1801, the Supreme Council of the
Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States,
"mother council of the world," was established,, Charleston, South
Carolina. |
| June 5, 1922, groundbreaking took place for
the George Washington Masonic National Memorial,, Alexandria,
Virginia |
| June 6, 1787, the Grand Lodge of New York
became independent |
| June 6, 1806, the Grand Lodge of
Delaware was established |
| June 13, 1889, the Grand Lodge of North Dakota
was organized |
| June 16, 1821, the Grand Lodge of Alabama was
formed |
| June 20, 1812, the Grand Lodge of Louisiana was
formed |
| June 20, 1881, Albert G. Mackey,
Masonic author and Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of the
Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction of the U.S., died. |
| June 23, 1780, Wolfgang Goethe was initiated,
Amalia Lodge, Weimar |
| June 24, 1717, what is referred to as the
premiere Grand Lodge was formed in London, at the Goose and Gridiron
Ale-house |
| June 24 is the first entry, for 1731, of a
Lodge meeting, the colonies that became the United States, in an
account book of St. John's Lodge, Philadelphia |
| June 24, 1734, Benjamin Franklin
became Grand Master of what would be known as the "Moderns" Grand
Lodge, Pennsylvania. |
| June 24, 1791, the African Grand Lodge
of North America was organized in Boston. It later became the Prince
Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. |
| June 24, 1797, the second Grand Lodge
for African Americans was founded, Philadelphia |
| June 24, 1820, the Grand Lodge of
Maine was formed |
| June 27, 1791, the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island
was organized |
| July 1, 1964, Roscoe Pound, a Masonic scholar
and the Dean of Harvard Law School, died. |
| July 1, 1989, the Grand Lodge of
Hawaii was organized |
| July 6, 1830, the Grand Lodge of Florida was
formed |
| July 8, 1789, the Grand Lodge of Cnecticut
was formed |
| July 21, 1758, the Grand Lodge of Scotland
granted a charter to Fredericksburg Lodge, Virginia, the lodge
that had conferred the Masonic degrees George Washington, 1752
and 1753. |
| July 21, 1875, the Grand Lodge of
South Dakota (Dakota) was
formed |
| July 27, 1818, the Grand Lodge of Mississippi
was formed |
| August 2, 1861, the Grand Lodge of Colorado was
formed |
| August 4, 1753, George Washington received his
Master Mason degree, Fredericksburg Lodge, Virginia |
| August 7, 1877, the Grand Lodge of New Mexico
was formed |
| August 14, 1826, William Morgan obtained a
copyright for Illustrations of Masonry, By one of the
Fraternity Who Has Devoted Thirty Years to the Subject, a book
that publicly exposed the secrets of Masononic ritual. Although many
similar books had been published before, this caused great
excitement, and led to the "Morgan affair" and the AntiMasononic Party
of the 1820s and 1830s. |
| August 21, 1993, the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
and thousands of FreeMasons dedicated the Friend to Friend Masonic
Monument, the cemetery in Gettysburg, commemorating acts of
kindness between FreeMasons who fought opposite sides in the
American Civil War. |
| September 11, 2000, the Grand Masters of the Grand
Lodge of D.C. and the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of D.C. signed a
ceremonial "proclamation" symbolizing their mutual recognition that
had been voted favorably by both Grand Lodges, 1999. |
| September 12, 1826, William Morgan, who had
published an exposé of Masonic secrets, was taken from the jail,
Canandaigua, New York, kidnapped, and possibly later murdered. This
was the trigger for the Morgan Affair and the AntiMasonic movement
and AntiMasonic Party, the United States from the 1820s through
the 1840s. |
| September 13, 1882, a monument was dedicated in
Batavia, New York, to William Morgan, the man whose kidnapping and
possible murder by FreeMasons started the antiMasonic movement,
the United States, 1826. The monument says Morgan was a "martyr to
the freedom of writing and printing the
truth." |
| September 15, 1851, the Grand Lodge of Oregon was
formed |
| September 18, 1793, the cornerstone of the United
States Capitol building, Washington D.C. was laid, an elaborate,
formal Masonic ceremony, with George Washington personally playing a
key role and wearing Masonic regalia. |
| September 20, 1784, the Grand Lodge of England
issued a warrant to African Lodge #459. This charter is a prized
possession of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and
African Lodge #459 has continued to exist to the present
time. |
| September 23, 1857, the Grand Lodge of Nebraska was
formed |
| September 25, 1786, the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
was organized |
| September 26, 1872, the Shrine of North America
(AAMS) was organized,, New York City.
|
| October 1, 1928, the Philalethes Society was
organized. |
| October 5, 1874, the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma
(Indian Territory) was formed |
| October 13, 1778, the Grand Lodge of Virginia was
organized |
| October 14, 1989, the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
recognized the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Connecticut. This was the
first U.S. recognition of Prince Hall Masonry that remained in
force, and led to similar acts by more than 2/3 of all U.S. Grand
Lodges. |
| October 15, 1794, the Grand Lodge of Vermont was
organized |
| October 16, 1800, the Grand Lodge of Kentucky was
established |
| October 20, 1953, the Grand Lodge of the State of
Israel was constituted |
| November 1, 1922, the cornerstone of the George
Washington Masonic National Memorial, in Alexandria, Virginia, was
laid, a Masonic ceremony. |
| November 4, 1752, George Washington received his
Entered Apprentice degree, Fredericksburg Lodge, Virginia |
| November 21, 1838, the Grand Lodge of Arkansas was
formed |
| November 22, 1991, Jerry Marsengill was killed,
an automobile accident. He was a very active FreeMason, editor of
the Philalethes magazine, the Royal Arch Mason
magazine, and Past President of the Philalethes Society. |
| November 25, 1813, the Articles of Union of the
United Grand Lodge of England were signed |
| November 26, 1737, a letter to the editor appeared
in the New York Gazette newspaper, criticizing the secrecy of
FreeMasons and the words of the obligations' penalties (as disclosed
in a previous exposé of FreeMasonry). This appears to have been the
first antiMasonic effort, the colonies that became the United
States. |
| November 28, 1884, Quatuor Corati Lodge No. 2076,
, Ld, England, the first research lodge, the world, received
its warrant. |
| December 4, 1807, Most Worshipful Brother Prince
Hall, the first African American known to have received the Masonic
degrees in America, died. |
| December 5, 1730, Benjamin Franklin's
Pennsylvania Gazetteincluded news about several Lodges of
Free-Masons meeting in that "province." Franklin was not yet a
FreeMason when his newspaper printed this item. |
| December 8, 1858, the Grand Lodge of Washington
State was formed |
| December 9, 1999, the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of
D.C. voted to recognize the Grand Lodge of
D.C. |
| December 12, 1787, the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina was organized |
| December 14, 1994, the United Grand Lodge of
England issued a statement that it found the Prince Hall Grand Lodge
of Massachusetts, the source of all Prince Hall Masonry, the
United States, to be regular and deserving of recognition. |
| December 15, 1779, American Union Lodge, a
traveling lodge under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, met and
proposed that George Washington become the General Grand Master of
Masons in the United States. There is no evidence that Washington
ever heard about this, and no evidence that he ever held any Masonic
position other than Master of a lodge (and no evidence that he
attended this lodge while he was Master, or possibly ever). |
| December 15, 1874, the Grand Lodge of
Wyoming was formed |
| December 16, 1786, the Grand Lodge of Georgia was
organized |
| December 17, 1867, the Grand Lodge of Idaho was
formed |
| December 18, 1786, the Grand Lodge of New Jersey
was organized |
| December 18, 1799, George Washington's funeral was
conducted in Masonic fashion, at Mount Vernon in
Virginia |
| December 18, 1843, the Grand Lodge of
Wisconsin was formed |
| December 22, 1753, the Royal Arch degree was
conferred in Fredericksburg Lodge in Virginia. This is the first
unquestioned evidence of the conferral of this degree. |
| December 26, 1972, Harry S. Truman, former
President of the United States, Past Grand Master of Missouri, and a
very active FreeMason, died. He had requested a Masonic funeral, but
instead the government, which handled the details, permitted a short
Masonic ceremony during the funeral service. |
| December 27, 1783, the Grand Lodge of South
Carolina was organized |
| December 27, 1813, the Grand Lodge of
Louisiana was formed |
| December 27, 1813, Grand Officers and
Brethren of the United Grand Lodge of England consummated the union
of the Moderns and Ancients,to the UGLE |
| December 30, 1837, the Grand Lodge of Texas was
formed |
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