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Prince Hall Freemasonry is a branch of North American Freemasonry created for African Americans founded by Prince Hall on September 29, 1784. Prince Hall Freemasonry is the oldest and largest (300,000+ initiated members) predominantly African-American fraternity in the United States.
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in United States. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).
Association of Grand Lodges in Bulgaria (Shared United Bulgarian Orient - shared jurisdiction) PHA: Prince Hall Affiliation (PHA) 1870 An association of 49 historically black Grand Lodges located throughout North America, the Caribbean, and Liberia, which trace their origin to Prince Hall, of Massachusetts. Many of these GLs are in amity with ...
Hall was born between 1735 and 1738. [3] [4] [a] His place of birth and parents are also unclear.[5] [b] Hall mentioned in his writings that New England was his homeland.The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in its Proceedings of 1906, opted for 1738, relying on a letter from Reverend Jeremy Belknap, a founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society. [5]
The Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge in Atlanta, Georgia started in construction in 1937 and was completed in 1940. [1] It is a historic Prince Hall Masonic building located at 330 Auburn Avenue . An addition was added in 1941.
Social Lodge No. 1, Washington, D.C., Prince Hall Affiliation. [4] William Ellison-Macartney, British politician, Member of Parliament (1885–1903), and Australian state governor. Apollo University Lodge No. 357, Oxford; Grand Master of Western Australia. [11] [12] Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1796–1800 ...
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New York; Prince Hall Mystic Cemetery; Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star This page was last edited on 11 November 2023, at 01:37 ...
The Lodge in Providence soon changed its name to Hiram Lodge #3). In December 1808, these three lodges met and formed the African Grand Lodge (sometime referred to as African Grand Lodge #1) and elected Prince Hall as Grand Master.