Civil War Lodge of Research #1865 A.F. & A. M. Lodge News – August 6, 2019 1) Our next CWLR #1865 stated will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2019. (Please note the date difference from the normal 1st. Saturday in October.) The gavel will fall at 10:00am at Day Lodge #58, AF&AM, 100 E. Main St., Louisa, Virginia. After our normal business meeting we will move to the dining room where Worshipful Gregory Hasaflook will give a presentation on Civil War era carbines. That will be followed by lunch and then we will tour the Trevilian Station Battlefields. This will be conducted by Worshipful Ed Crebbs. Both of these brothers are CWLR members and also of the hosting Day Lodge Both are experts in Civil War history, particularly that which happened in the local area. The Lodge shares a building with the Louisa United Methodist Church. This is a wonderful history that started when the building was original constructed in the mid 1800’s. It is a beautiful building in its meeting/dining hall, its church sanctuary, and its Masonic Lodge room. The photo is of the Lodge Room looking East. Parking is available behind the building. Access is also available from the rear parking lot to the dining room and to the stairs to the Lodge room. PLEASE be aware that there are no elevators or chair lifts. Access to the 2nd floor is only by 4 flights of 7 stairs each with 3 landings. Donuts and coffee will be available at 9:00am in the dining hall. The Battle of Trevilian Station was fought for control of the Virginia Central Railroad and happened over two days in June 1864. Friday and Saturday dinner locations are to be determined. 2) There are no hotels in the immediate Louisa area. The closest might be in the town of Orange, but they are very expensive and none of the 3 establishments had many rooms for quantity booking due to weddings. I thought of who would be needing rooms and thought of those predominately coming from the East and of those using the 95 corridor. Fredericksburg seemed an ok location, and there is no other lodging between. Charlottesville might offer some possibilities. However that is further west and for many would require backtracking to get to the lodge. One hotel there did not return my inquiry. I looked at some hotels in the Short Pump area of Richmond. In some cases poor reviews turned me off. Others were already booked with very few rooms available, or rates and distances, the same as Fredericksburg. We have an arrangement for rooms with the Best Western at 2205 Plank St., Fredericksburg. This is right off of Rte 95, exit 130A. Rooms including tax are $102.40/room. The phone number is 540-371-5050. Reference the Civil War Lodge when reserving. Reservations must be made on or before Friday, September 13, 2019. Please note this hotel is approximately 1 hours’ drive to the Lodge in Louisa. Consider camping, a cabin, etc. The camping alternative: Small Country Campground offers a variety of furnished cabins and travel trailers. You would need to bring bed linens and towels. It is a very nice campground with the normal range of tent to full hookup sites. Their costs are attractive and you would be less than 8 miles from the Lodge. At this writing there were sites and cabins available. Contact them for particulars. www.smallcountry.com 540-967-2431 4400Byrd Mill Rd, Louisa, Va. 23093 3) The Civil War Lodge of Research #1865, as well as the other Virginia Research Lodges, is being very much encouraged to produce and make available for the Grand Lodge Library research papers on our topic of interest, Mason to Mason relations during the war. These papers are to have a specified quantity of pages and style for sharing and publishing. Attached are the guidelines. If you have a topic and you would like to create a paper and share with your brothers, please let me know. 4) We are looking to establish an E-Trestleboard. With the current style we are limited in what news and information we can provide in a snail mailed addition. For instance we have just enough space to inform of upcoming events and their necessary what, where, when and how. We do not very often have space to share the good things that happened at our events or to sing the praises of one of our members for receiving an honor or doing a good deed. With more space and E-Trestleboard would make those things possible as well as including photo and articles of information. It is certainly reasonable that many of our members have access to the web and could receive our CWLR Trestleboard and other notices on line. If you would like to be on our new e-mailing list, email your name and email address to our secretary: Rich Radi at cwlr1865@hotmail.com Please do not assume that he already has the information. Do It Now!! Please!! 5) For a few years our Treasurer has been advocating an increase in dues. He has stood by his reasoning; went over our income and expenses with past and present officers and just about anyone in hearing range. His perseverance has paid off. Enough members are in agreement that at this September 28 stated communication, the necessary steps will begin for the discussion and action and approval of By-Laws to reflect a proposed increase in CWLR annual dues to $30.00. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me. Fraternally, Richard Burkman Worshipful Master CWLR #1865 A.F.&A.M. E-mail: richardanddebi@verizon.net Home: 410-760-4809

FROM THE EAST:
Lodge News – April 2023
Worshipful Master’s Message
Civil War Lodge of Research No.1865 A.F. & A.M.

Brethren,

I am both excited and slightly saddened to write this message, as this is the last meeting I get to schedule and plan for this year. Although as Master of this Lodge, one only gets to plan 4 meetings for their term, I wouldn’t have it any other way. This is one of the reasons I love this Lodge so much, that we as a Lodge get to hold our meetings in different states and jurisdictions and you never know where the next Master will take us. Each meeting is like a new exciting adventure. I love getting to see all the different lodges, meeting new Brothers, and learning something new about the Civil War each and every time.

For the October 21st meeting, we will be at Hamilton-Thompson Lodge No 37, located 21 miles south of Harpers Ferry in Purcellville VA. After the meeting, we will take a tour of Historic Downtown Harpers Ferry and see the original Lodge building for Charity Lodge No. 111, which was used from 1846 to 1953. We will also be joining in a special event at 1pm or 3pm by the National Parks Service, “This Scene is Worth a Voyage Across the e Atlantic”, a portrayal of Thomas Jefferson as he returns to Harpers Ferry to recount his memories of the place that “so stirred his imagination”. Afterward, we will tour the downtown area and explore the area known as a strategic transportation hub during the Civil War.

I hope to see as many of you as possible for the weekend. We will start Friday evening at The White Horse Tavern for dinner at 6:30pm. Coffee and Donuts will be provided at the Lodge Sat morning at 9am, with the meeting to follow at 10am. Lunch will be directly after the meeting, place TBD. Then directly after lunch we will attend the special live event by the NPS at 1pm or 3pm, depending how long lunch goes. Later that evening at 6pm for dinner, we will all get together at Alfredo’s Mediterranean Steakhouse & Grill.

I look forward to seeing you all for this meeting. If you haven’t been to a meeting in a while, come and get your CWLR lapel pin along with taking a look at the variety of hats, shirts, and medals we have for sale.

Sincerely & Fraternally,

Andrew N. Wilson, PM

410-241-4100

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Secretary Sez’
Secretary Sez’
We have about 100 brothers in arrears for their 2023 dues. If you
are in question, please contact me.
If you know of any brothers in sickness or distress, please let me
know and we will send a card and get in touch !.
Best Fraternal Regards Bennett

CIVIL WAR LODGE OF RESEARCH DEMOGRAPHICS
2023 – 317 Members
108 Lodges in VA Represented of the 291 Lodges 37% Representation
5 Lodges over 300 98th Percentile
28,689 Members in Virginia CWLR is 1% of Virginia Masons CWLR is 48% of Research District

CIVIL WAR LODGE OF RESEARCH DEMOGRAPHICS BY STATE
VA 108 34% 2/3 Out of State
8 States + Foreign 137 43%
MD FOR PA SC OH NC NJ WV DE
34 19 15 14 13 12 11 10 9
11% 6% 5% 4% 4% 4% 3% 3% 3%

CIVIL WAR LODGE OF RESEARCH DEMOGRAPHICS BY AGE
M>90 70-90 50-70 30-50 M<30
11 139 127 36 4
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CIVIL WAR LODGE OF RESEARCH PAST MASTERS
22 DIFF / 28 YRS 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1
1995 -2023 VA MD DE DC NJ NY NC SC

CIVIL WAR LODGE OF RESEARCH HONORARY MEMBERS
20 10 3 1 1 2 1 1 1
15 PGMs VA MD DE DC WV RI NC SCOT

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Secretary
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