Visitation tonight: Franklin Lodge #20

Tonight I will be visiting the furthest lodge from my home, Franklin Lodge #20 in Westerly RI for their annual communication. Keeping in mind how small Rhode Island is and the fact that I live in Warwick which is in the middle of the state, it will still take me 45 minutes to drive there.

A little information about the lodge from the RIMasons,org web site:

Their dispensation was granted December 30, 1856 and their charter was granted five months later on May 25, 1877. Their stated communtication is the second Tuesday in each month (except July and August) and their annual communication is the Saturday nearest to January 17 in each year.

I plan on taking some photos while I am there and will post them along with my thoughts on the visit soon!

New Years Resolution

A new year brings forth what is called "New Years Resolutions" where most people try to rid themselves of unwanted bad habits, usually involving their weight or cigarette smoking. I decided this year that I would attempt to visit every Masonic Lodge in my home state of Rhode Island. On my road trip to Ohio last summer I went out of my way to visit as many lodges as I could and it wasn't until I was driving the eight hours home that I realized that I had not even been to all the lodges in my own state!

So this year I will do my best to attend all 20 lodges in the state. Wait a second, isn't there 25 lodges in the state? True but while looking at the schedule along with the fact that all the lodges go dark during July and August I had to trim down the list a little to make it obtainable.

What I did was change the resolution to visit every physical lodge in the state, there are three physical lodges which house eight lodges so I will be visiting those three lodges once. So, 20 lodges in what amounts to 10 months, or two a month, in addition to my home lodges functions and meetings. That seems realistic with a bit of effort, wish me luck!