Mason-At-Sight In Harrisburg, September 24 ~fa,onic T emple
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Rare Collection of Fine Art Returns to The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania Early this year the sale of the Kelchner (originally the Holman Art Collection, of Philadelphia) Art Collection was brought to the attention of the Board of Directors of The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania. This collection consists of over fifty items of unusual water colors, charcoals, and oil paintings of King Solomon's Temple. This art work was originally produced for exhibit at the Chicago Exposition of 1906. Many of these paintings, drawings, and sketches are the originals of the illustrations used in the Masonic Edition of the Kelchner (Holman) Bible, and relate to the construction of King Solomon's Temple. While still the property of the A. J. Holman Bible Company of Philadelphia, the collection was loaned to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for display in the Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. The collection remained in the Temple through the early 1970's. Many of the paintings were on display in the old Banquet Room which was on the fourth floor of the Masonic Temple. Also returning to the Temple is the model of King Solomon's Temple which was on display in Philadelphia in the Benjamin Franklin Reception Room until 1985. When the old Holman Collection was purchased by the Kelchner Bible Company, the entire collection was re-assembled at their headquarters in Hamilton, Canada. The purchase of this outstanding collection was made possible through the Brother Maxwell Sommerville Bequest. We are most pleased that this valuable collection has made its way home to the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia.
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Dedication Day in Gettysburg
Enclosed is my check for $- ,--- for r~servations at $30.00 per ticket for the Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial Dedication Ba nquet to be held at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, August 21 in the Gra nd B a nque t Hall of the Ramada Inn, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. M a k e check p a yabl e to the Gra nd LodgeofPA
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Mason's Degrees in the afternoon. The Entered Apprentice Mason's Degree will be Conferred by Lodge Officers from the Eastern Region of Pennsylvania; the Fellowcraft Mason's Degree by Officers from the Northeast Region, and the Master Mason's Degree by Officers from the Phil adelphia Region. "Ernie" Preate, a native of Old Forge, near Scranton, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the
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In the presence of R.W. Grand Master Edward H . Fowler, Jr., Ernest D. Preate, Jr., the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, will be made a Mason-At-Sight at a Special Communication of Grand Lodge in Zembo Shrine Temple in Harrisburg on Friday, September 24. Grand Lodge will open at 10 a.m. and the Entered Apprentice Mason's Degree will be Conferred. After lunch in the adjacent Scottish Rite Cathedral, Grand Lodge will reconvene in the Shrine Temple for the Conferring of the Fellowcraft and Master
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Historic Masonic Memorial Monument Recreated in Limited Edition Sculptures and Medallions
Every Mason Should Join the Thrill and Patriotism of Dedication Day Program, Parade in Gettysburg
Brethren and friends who are in Gettysburg on Saturday, August 21 , will be part of making history while they are commemorating the historic drama of Brotherhood Undivided on the Battlefield. The larger-thanlife, imposing original sculpture by Ron Tunison has been years in the making and will represent a stirring commemoration of the virtues of Freemasonry and Brotherhood. The commitment of the Grand Lodge on behalf of on page 7
Dedication Day for the Friend to Friend Masonic Me morial on Saturday, August 21, in Gettysburg will be one of the most outstanding days in the history of Pennsylvania Freemasonry. It will be memorable and commemorative. Dedication, Capstone Ceremonies The 9:30 a.m. Dedication Ceremony for the Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial Monument, and placing of a Capstone on a time capsule will be dramatically impressive as well as reverently inspiring. Against a striking backdrop of scores of massed American flags at the crest of the knoll behind the new Monument, the historic Dedication Ceremonies will begin with a Processional of Pennsylvania Grand Lodge Officers, Grand Masters from Jurisdictions across the United States and Can ada, Distri ct De puty Grand Masters, and guest dignitaries. The Processional will proceed along a roadway across the National Cemetery Annex in front of the Monument, while the large gathering anticipated to attend will view the Ceremonies from a new entrance plaza and other roadways amid the hundreds of bronze-pla qued graves of veter ans of m any wars. Continued on page 4