Grand Master’s Message

THE VOICE OF FREEMASONRY

VOLUME 35, NUMBER 1 SUMMER 2018 ISSUE

Editors-In-Chief

Richard J. Bautista (Grand Master) Jeffrey D. Russell, PGM (Grand Secretary)

Managing Editor

Jason Van Dyke, PM (Director of Communications)

Creative Director:

Julie Palitto, Benesque Design www.benesquedesign.com

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Grand Master’s Message 2018 Grand Lodge Officers UGLE 300 Photo Essay From Whence We Came: Honoring the Past with a Special Veil Degree Photo Essay - Laying a Wreath at Arlington National Cemetery From the Archives: Meeting the Enemy, Our Brothers: A Candid and Firsthand Glimpse of Life in D.C. During the Civil War Printing from the Past: Historical Documents from the Archives From the Archives: The District’s Custodian (The Life of Benjamin B. French) Dean of Past Grand Masters, Mallorey, Honored for 60 Years of Services Arminius Lodge No. 25 Bids “Willkommen” to All Brethren, Wheresover Dispersed – A Short History of the Grand Lodge’s Oldest Foreign Language Lodge

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Sketches of Masonic Spain One of a Kind: The Story of Freemasonry in Washington, DC From the Archives: Notable Moments in DC Grand Lodge History The Misunderstood ForgetMe-Not (Das Unverstanden Vergissmeinnicht) Our First Building The Ritualistic Stamp on the Mind of Effective Leaders In Memoriam: M.W. Bro. Charles S. Iversen, PGM (1920-2018) Masonic Charities Come Together in PGM’s Name to Give $30k to DC Public School Are Lodges Immortal? DCGL Rededicates Boundary Stone with DC DAR Upcoming Events