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December History Fact of the Month

12/1/2020

 

Barristers Lodge No. 48

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​On December 4, 1940, Barristers Lodge No. 48 elected and installed Herbert S. Fessenden as Worshipful Master. WB Fessenden was a Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States and a member of the Supreme Court bar. He was also a member of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution because he was the great-great-grandson of Nathan Fessenden, a member of the Massachusetts Minute Men. Nathan served in Captain John's Parker's company in the famous Battle of Lexington as well as the Battle of Bunker Hill.

November History Fact of the Month

11/1/2020

 

Barristers Lodge No. 48

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This November, we look back to Barristers Lodge No. 48 in 1973.  The Stated Communication, although brief to move to the Grand Lodge Visitation in conjunction with Centennial Lodge No. 14 and Theodore Roosevelt Lodge No. 44, was presided over by Worshipful Master O. Harold Folk (seated on the left).

Worshipful Brother Folk, born in Moselle, SC, was a veteran, government official, and businessman in the Washington, DC area.  He moved to Washington, DC in 1938 to work for the Agriculture Department, but was called to active duty in the Army for World War II and assigned to the Selective Service in Washington, DC.   

For his service, he received the Distinguished Service Award and the Gold Medal. Following the war, Worshipful Brother Folk joined the World Bank and specialized in Middle Eastern affairs, serving as an advisory to King Saud of Saudi Arabia from 1960 to 1962. Masonically, he became a 32nd degree Mason and served as Potentate of the Almas Temple of the Shrine.

​During the Grand Visitation in November 1973, Worshipful Brother Folk was presented at the altar for his receipt of his Certificate of Service as Master.

October History Fact of the Month

10/1/2019

 

Barristers Lodge No. 48

In October 1929 Bro. Lieutenant Walter Hinton addressed Barristers’ Lodge on his experiences as an early naval aviator. Our minutes read, “Bro. Hinton was the pilot of the NC 4 on the first Trans-Atlantic air flight and the first aviator to use the plane in exploration work, having been connected with the Hamilton Rice Expedition to the Amazon Valley”. Bro. Hinton was born on November 10, 1888, in Van Wert, Ohio, about 100 miles from Dayton, Ohio, home of the Wright Brothers. He grew up hearing of the Wright Brothers’ success, and, inspired, decided to enlist in the Navy. He became a pilot, flew in the first aerial crossing of the Atlantic, taught his lifelong friend, and fellow famed aviator, Bro. Richard E. Byrd how to fly, and was part of the first aerial mapping of the Amazon. For more information about Bro. Hinton’s life see the book, The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton.
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September History Fact of the Month

9/1/2019

 

​Barristers Lodge No. 48

​September 17, 1932, a special communication of Barristers’ Lodge was held for the purpose of participating in a reenactment ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone of the US Capitol. The year 1932 marked the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s Birth, and a year-long celebration was held in his honor. Bro. Rep. Sol Bloom of Pacific Lodge No. 233 of New York, associate director of the Washington Bicentennial Commission, was the principal speaker at this event, and MWB Reuben A. Bogley, Grand Master of Masons of DC, presided over the ceremony. Among many other Brethren who participated, WM Aubrey Marrs, of Barristers’ Lodge No. 48, was part of the Grand Lodge Bicentennial Committee. Over 10,000 people participated in the ceremony, and our minutes say “It was undoubtedly the greatest showing ever made by the Blue Lodges of this jurisdiction”.
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May History Fact of the Month

5/1/2019

 

Barristers' Lodge No. 48

​Bro. Sec. Amb. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley was elected for dual membership in Barristers’ Lodge No. 48 in May 1945, while serving as US Ambassador to China. Bro. Hurley was born in 1883 in present day Oklahoma, where he began practicing law in 1908. He served as a colonel in WWI, and later became active in the Republican Party. President Hoover appointed him as Secretary of War, and he served Bro. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in various high level diplomatic posts during WWII, including Ambassador to China. As Ambassador, Bro. Hurley’s mission was to reconcile the Nationalists, under Chiang Kai-Shek, and Communists, under Mao Zedong. His mission was ultimately a failure, and he resigned his post in November 1945. Subsequently, he addressed Barristers’ Lodge as a guest speaker, and life member, in January 1946, May 1949, and February 1954. Bro. Hurley was also a member of Olive Branch Lodge #114 in Leesburg, Virginia. He passed away at the age of 80 in July 1963 in Santa Fe, NM.
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October Historic Fact of the Month

10/1/2018

 

Barristers Lodge No. 48

On October 2, 1940, Barristers Lodge No. 48 invited Rev. Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder, Pastor of Luther Church of the Reformation to deliver his famous speech entitled "Sun Crowned Men". The five Sun Crowned men he mentioned were Robert E. Lee –purity; Abraham Lincoln-friendship; Theodore Roosevelt-determination; John R. Matt-vision; Russell Conwell-service. This speech was given over 1,600 times by Dr. Blackwelder throughout the nation. Dr. Blackwelder went on to become the President of the Washington Federation of Churches. 

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