Constellation
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CONSTELLATION LODGE
Location: Dedham
Chartered By: Samuel Dunn
Chartered By: Sereno D. Nickerson
Charter Date: 12/14/1801 II-189
Charter Date: 03/13/1872 1872-42
Precedence Date: 02/09/1871
Current Status: Merged with Eliot-Hyde Park Lodge to form Celestial Lodge, 03/17/2010.
NOTES
original charter vacated some time between 1816 and 1845; petition to restore it apparently granted (V-165) but the lodge was again dark for a period between 1850 and 1870; a new charter was granted in 1872.
EVENTS
ST. JOHN'S DAY, JUNE 1824
From New England Freemason, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1874, Page 483:
The New England Galaxy contained each week, under the head of "Masonic Calendar", a list of the Masonic meetings to bo held during the following week throughout the State. To this was added from time to time the names of officers elected in some of the Bodies. In the June 4, 1824 issue appears the following advertisement:
MASONIC CELEBRATION.
"Constellation Lodge, of Dcdham, have made arrangements for celebrating the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the 24th of June next. A Sermon will be delivered on the occasion by R. W. and Rev. Brother James Sabine, of Boston; and an Address by R. W. Brother Josiali J. Fisk, of Wrentham. The Brethren generally are respectfully invited to join with them in the intended celebration.
"Procession to form at precisely 10 o'clock A. M. Entertainment by Brother Francis Alden. Suitable accommodations for the ladies.
"Tickets for gentlemen $1, - for ladies, 75 cents.
"Dedham, May 23, A. L. 5824."
"John K. Briggs, Secretary."
YEARS
charter surrendered, 12/11/1850
1871 1872 1878 1881 1884 1889 1890 1897 1902 1905 1910 1912 1916 1917 1919 1920 1922 1923 1927 1928 1932 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938 1939 1940 1945 1946 1949 1953 1957 1959 1964 1971 1972 1974 1975 1982 1996 2001 2009
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Frederic C. Cobb, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1911, 1912; Memorial
- Frederick D. Ely, DDGM, District 13 (Dedham), 1877, 1878, 1879; Deputy Grand Master 1884, 1885
- Graham A. Long, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1989, 1990; Deputy Grand Master 2002
- Eric F. Meissner, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1965, 1966; N
- Eugene B. Nichols, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1999, 2000; Deputy Grand Master 2001
- Peter Randall, DDGM, District 6, 2005, 2006; Senior Grand Warden 2009
- J. Everett Smith, DDGM, District 22 (Hyde Park), 1898, 1899; SN
- E. Lester Swett, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1933, 1934; Memorial
- Theodore A. Ward, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1953, 1954; SN
- John W. Withington, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1925, 1926; Senior Grand Warden 1928