Montgomery Lodge is one of 23 Masonic Lodges
within the United States founded by Paul
Revere.
While Paul Revere is most famous for his Midnight Ride, warning of the
start of the Revolutionary War, he was also a reknowned silver and copper
smith (responsible for the copper fastenings on the hull of the"USS
Constitution" ), famously known as “Old Ironsides”.
Not only a transcendent figure in the early history of the United States,
Paul Revere was also a very significant contributor to Masonry in the
New World, and described his election as Grand Master of the Massachusetts
Grand Lodge as "The greatest happiness of his life." Montgomery
Lodge was chartered by Paul Revere on September 16, 1797, and remains
to this day a significant contributor to the surrounding community. |
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The Lodge is named after General
Richard Montgomery (1736-1775). Richard
Montgomery was an officer in the British army during the French and Indian
war, and was a strong supporter of the American colonists within the British
Parliament. During the American Revolutionary War, General Montgomery
served as a secondranking Brigadier General, leading the Colonial Army
into Canada by capturing Montreal. Unfortunately, General Montgomery fell
on December 31, 1775, during the offensive to capture Quebec at the side
of Colonel Benedict Arnold. General Montgomery left behind a wife, Janet
Livingston, daughter of Robert
R. Livingston, Justice of the New York Supreme Court, member of the
committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence, Grand Master of
the New York Grand Lodge, and the official who administered George Washington's
first presidential oath of office, which was, needless to say, performed
using the Masonic Holy Bible of the Grand Lodge of New York. |
| Today Montgomery Lodge consists of civic professionals, businessmen,
engineers, tradesmen, artisans, all of various industries. Regardless
of economic or professional status, all brothers are equal within the
lodge. The primary goals in common with all men within the lodge is the
desire to improve character among themselves, and contribute to the betterment
of the surrounding community.
Montgomery Lodge is always looking for men of good moral character interested
in contributing to the surrounding community, through the oldest and most
respected fraternity in the world. |