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TRUE RESOLUTION LODGE NO. 16

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True Resolution Lodge

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Portrait of M.W. Bro. Prince Hall reproduced from History and Evolution of Freemasonry. by Delmar Duane Darrah, 1920. [p. 314]

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True Resolution Lodge No. 16 is in District No. 5 of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Washington and Jurisdiction. The other Lodge in the district is African Genesis Lodge No. 101, located in Oak Harbor, Washington.

True Resolution Lodge Stated Regular Communications are held at Park Lodge Masonic Hall, 4474 Rupert Street, Vancouver, at 11:00 am on the first Saturday of each month except July.

For further information contact C. David Henry, Secretary, at davhen2@shaw.ca

September 29th 1999, marked the 80th Anniversary of True Resolution Lodge No. 16 under the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Washington and Jurisdiction, and of Prince Hall Masonry in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

In our past, there were two Prince Hall Lodges in BC, one was in Vancouver and the other in Victoria. How did Prince Hall Masonry come to British Columbia? What brought these pioneers of Masonry to BC? Traveling was not easy at the turn of the century.

The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Washington was formed in 1903-4 and 16 years later a group of men, led by R.R. Lawrence, contacted this Grand Lodge for a dispensation. This was granted September 29th, 1919.

On July 26th, 1920 at a stated communication of True Resolution Lodge No. 16 UD in Vancouver BC, Most Worshipful Grand Master E.H. Holmes along with Grand Senior Warden W. D. Cole and DDGM A.H. Huddleston were in attendance. The gavel of Authority and the Peg of Knowledge were given to the Grand Master where he proceeded to open a Grand Lodge in Ample Form for the consecration, dedication and constitution of True Resolution Lodge and the installation of its officers.

The Grand Marshall proclaimed that True Resolution Lodge was regularly constituted, dedicated and its officers installed. This was followed by an address by our first Worshipful Master R. R. Lawrence who expressed great approval of the consolidation and his willingness to be submissive to the Grand Lodge and its officers. After a brief lecture by the Junior Warden, business was completed and the Lodge closed in due form.

Possessing all privileges of a Subordinate Lodge, True Resolution Lodge holds, after 80 years, an acclaimed warrant of authority duly granted by the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Washington and Jurisdiction. We are one of the oldest Lodges in the Jurisdiction and also its oldest foreign Lodge.

True Resolution Lodge is committed to involvement in the community; included among many of its activities are a Mothers Day function, Children’s Christmas Party, donation of hampers and sponsorship of the Issaac Gaiters Scholarship in honour of its oldest and most beloved member, RW Bro. Gaiters 33°.

TRUE RESOLUTION LODGE No.16
Elected Officers for 2008-2009

	Dudley Green	Worshipful Master
	C. David Henry	Secretary	davhen2@shaw.ca

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