St. John's Lodge No. 1

Free and Accepted Masons

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A.

Constituted June 24, 1736

 

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For a number of years, the Brethren of St. John's Lodge have enjoyed a one-page article by the Lodge Historian in the monthly Trestleboard. These articles have covered many aspects of Masonic and Seacoast history. Here are some recent selections.

 

2008

November 2008 - The McClary Family

 

October 2008 - In Whom Do You Put Your Trust?

 

September 2008 - George Newton Flanders

 

August 2008 - After Apple Picking

 

July 2008 - Harry W. Benton

 

June 2008 - The Feast of St. John the Baptist

 

May 2008 - Colonel Jonathan Bagley

 

April 2008 - Harold Crossman

 

March 2008 - One Hundred Years Ago

 

February 2008 - Brother George Washington

 

January 2008 - William Leake Mann, Jr.

2007

December 2007 - Alvin Charles Bissell - Part II

 

November 2007 - Alvin Charles Bissell - Part I

 

October 2007 - USCGC CAMPBELL

 

September 2007 - Lt. Col. Howard Keith Williams

 

August 2007 - The Laying of the Cornerstone for St. John’s Church in Portsmouth – Part II

 

July 2007 - The Laying of the Cornerstone for St. John’s Church in Portsmouth – Part I

 

June 2007 - “We are not divided, all one Body we, one in hope and doctrine, one in charity.”

 

May 2007 - Eaton Falls, New Hampshire?

 

April 2007 - Mr. Clough

 

March 2007 - St. John's 250th Anniversary Medal

 

February 2007 - John Tufton Mason

 

January 2007 - Benjamin Franklin

2006

December 2006 - Lutwyche’s Ferry

 

November 2006 - Captain James Gray

 

October 2006 - Oliver Cromwell Blunt

 

September 2006 - General Joseph Mansfield and the Battle of Antietam

 

August 2006 - Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire

 

July 2006 - St. John’s Sunday, Thomas L. Elwyn and On the Street Where You Live

 

June 2006 - John Williams

 

May 2006 - The Hale House at the Woodman Institute

 

April 2006 - In Whom Do You Put Your Trust?

 

March 2006 - Zachariah Beal

 

February 2006 - George Washington

 

January 2006 - Reuben Shapley

2005

December 2005 - Horace Mitchell

 

October 2005 - Theodore Roosevelt

   

 

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