Waterford Lodge No. 13
The Craft
Freemasonry teaches a plain moral lesson through old symbols. Three principles carry the whole of it.
We regard the whole human species as one family. Differences of station, opinion, and circumstance are left outside the door.
To soothe the unhappy and restore peace to the troubled mind. Charity is not an event on our calendar — it is the obligation itself.
Truth is the foundation of every virtue. To be good men and true is the first lesson taught in the lodge, and the last one learned.
Where we come from
In 1775, Prince Hall and fourteen other free Black men were made Masons in Boston. Nine years later the Grand Lodge of England granted them a charter as African Lodge No. 459 — the beginning of a fraternity that has carried the Craft through more than two centuries of American life.
Prince Hall Freemasonry today spans grand lodges across the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and beyond. Waterford Lodge No. 13 stands in that line.
Scholarship
Relief is not only for the brother in need.
Sending young people forward
The lodge puts awards into the hands of students in our community — money toward books, tuition, and the road ahead. Every award is presented in person, by brothers who shook the recipient’s hand and meant it.
Fellowship
The ritual is the frame. This is the picture inside it.
The part nobody photographs enough
Take the aprons off and this is what a lodge really is — men who show up for each other at the cookout, at the table, and on the days nobody would have known if they hadn’t.
Our year, as we lived it
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