HOGs - Hull Old Grammarians Masonic Lodge

07/01/2025

The next meeting of the Hull Old Grammarians' Lodge takes place on 21st January 2025 at 7pm, when we will be Initiating a new member.

Visitors most welcome - contact the Lodge Secretary to book in.

08/07/2022

Have you heard of the Masonic Hall of Fame?

This special exhibition by the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library highlights Freemasons who have made their mark on American History, including men such as George Washington, Ben Franklin, and abolitionist Prince Hall.

Brother Hall was a leading member of Boston's African American community during the 18th century, campaigning for schools for Black children, fighting for equal rights for Black Americans, and working to help abolish slavery. After being barred from joining Freemasonry because of his race, he also founded Prince Hall Freemasonry, a historically Black organization which continues to thrive today.

Learn more at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library blog: https://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2022/05/the-masonic-hall-of-fame-prince-hall.html

04/03/2022

...and there'll be plenty more where that came from. In the mean time you can donate online at:
https://email.freemasonscharity.org.uk/748P-465Y-V6CVZ-29SN8-1/c.aspx

The United Grand Lodge of England and the Masonic Charitable Foundation have been in touch with the British Red Cross to pledge £50,000 to assist them in their work helping refugees fleeing Ukraine 🇺🇦

Additional funds can be donated here ➡️ mcf.org.uk/ukraine

27/01/2022

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day for honoring the memory of the 11 million people murdered by the N**i German regime and their accomplices.

The N**is believed that Freemasonry was an integral part of "the Jewish conspiracy", and singled out Freemasonry for destruction upon assuming power. On October 28th, 1934, a decree was issued declaring Masonic Lodges to be "hostile to the state", with their property subject to seizure. On August 17th, 1935, Masonic organizations in Germany were dissolved and their assets confiscated.

Freemasons were held in concentration camps, identified by red upside down triangles on their uniforms. Up to 200,000 were killed.

01/01/2022

Happy New Year - here's a photo of the traditional Hull Old Grammarians New Year dip off Withernsea beach this morning in full regalia.

Interested in joining Freemasonry? Get in touch with us, and in 2023 this could be you.

16/12/2021

It was great visiting the Humber 57 Lodge last night to see the new Master Installed. Visitors from Technical Lodge were there in force and claimed the Travelling Gavel - a trophy held by whichever Lodge brings the most visitors on the night! The gavel now goes to Technical, until another Lodge claims it from them.

The Travelling Gavel was a great idea conceived originally by Humber 57 themselves to encourage visiting between lodges. Hull Old Grammarians have claimed it once...on a trip to Alexander Lodge in Bridlington. It would be nice to get our hands on it again...

16/11/2021

Installation night and Hull Old Grammarians have a new WM and a new team. Onwards and upwards.

30/10/2021

AN END TO THE LETTERS

Monroe and Sadler's correspondence seemed to stop in 1907 with no clear reason. Monroe would have been extremely busy as Grand Secretary, while Sadler retired as Grand Tyler in 1911.

The two had remained ever helpful to each other.

Monroe remained an active Freemason until his death in 1929, and is remembered affectionately as an influential figure in achieving recognition for African-American

05/10/2021

07/06/2021

🦷 "Stored in our Archives at Freemasons’ Hall, the collection documents thousands of events, names and fragments of life stories that tell of hardship but also of support and resolution...."

Find out more about how Freemason, Bartholomew Ruspini dedicated his life to caring for others, and how Freemasonry played such an important part in this.

Read this fascinating blog post by the Museum of Freemasonry Team!

👉 Read Now! bit.ly/CharityAsTradition

07/06/2021