Honor Roll; Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania World War 1914 1918
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania: Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, c1920. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 166, [2] pages. Cover has some wear and soling. Illustrations (color). Cover title is Honor Roll Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania World War Service 1918. John S. Sell was Grand Master in 1920-1921. Previous owner's information crossed out on fep. The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, formally The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania and Masonic Jurisdictions Thereunto Belonging, is the premier masonic organization in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Grand Lodge claims to be the oldest in the United States, and the third oldest in the world after England (est. 1717) and Ireland (est. 1725), having been originally established as the Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1731. This claim is disputed by both the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and the Grand Lodge of Virginia. Since its founding in 1894, the Masonic Home of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, now known as the Masonic Villages of Pennsylvania has grown and expanded. The 1400 acres of the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown Campus began as a working farm where the Residents participated in farming chores. The Elizabethtown campus offers charitable services ranging from a children's home and child care center, to 445 beds of Nursing Home services and 971 units of Retirement living consisting of apartments and cottages. During this tragic contention, there were 9,775 of our membership in active service in the Army, and 1.548 in the Naval Forces of the United States, a total of 11,323; of these 80 were killed in battle and 184 died from fatal wounds, accident or resultant illness. To make an enduring records of the valiant services rendered by our Brethren, this Honor Roll is prepared, giving the full name of each in the Army or Navy, also the name and number of the Lodge of which he was a member. Following the roster of the Pennsylvania Freemasons who served is a special list of the 264 of our heroic Brethren, who made the supreme sacrifice. There is planted at the Masonic Homes property of this Grand Lodge at Elizabethtown, a grove of 264 oak trees, each a monument in memory of these heroic Brethren. Condition: Good.
Keywords: First World War, WWI, Honor Roll, War Dead, Military Service, Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons, Grand Lodge, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Freemasons, Reference Works, Genealogy
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