Grand Lodge of Wisconsin
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The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, Free and Accepted Masons is the largest of several governing bodies of Freemasonry in Wisconsin, being solely of the Ancients' tradition and descending from the Ancient Grand Lodge of England, founded in 1751. Freemasonry in Wisconsin first took organized form on the night of December 27, 1823 when seven army officers and three civilians met at the home of Brother George Johnston on the west bank of the Fox River in what is now Green Bay. The soldiers were attached to the 3rd Regiment and stationed at Fort Howard under the command of Col. John McNeil, also a Freemason. Wisconsin was then part of the Michigan Territory and very lightly settled. The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin was formed and charters granted to representatives from Mineral Point # 1, Melody #2 of P
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Grand Lodge of Wisconsin
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Grand Lodge of Wisconsin F. & A.M.
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Seal of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin F. & A.M.
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US
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1844-01-17
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Wisconsin
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over 14,000
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The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, Free and Accepted Masons is the largest of several governing bodies of Freemasonry in Wisconsin, being solely of the Ancients' tradition and descending from the Ancient Grand Lodge of England, founded in 1751. Freemasonry in Wisconsin first took organized form on the night of December 27, 1823 when seven army officers and three civilians met at the home of Brother George Johnston on the west bank of the Fox River in what is now Green Bay. The soldiers were attached to the 3rd Regiment and stationed at Fort Howard under the command of Col. John McNeil, also a Freemason. Wisconsin was then part of the Michigan Territory and very lightly settled. The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin was formed and charters granted to representatives from Mineral Point # 1, Melody #2 of Platteville and Kilbourn #3 of Milwaukee on January 17, 1844. Wisconsin has 180 Lodges with a membership totaling over 10,400.
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