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WELCOME
This website was designed to provide Brethren and visitors alike with
information and a greater knowledge into Scottish Freemasonry and its
activities in the Commonwealth
of The Bahamas.
Membership is open to all men of good character, sound mind and of
mature age, irrespective of colour or creed, on condition that they
profess a belief in a Supreme Being.
Scottish Freemasonry in The Bahamas can trace its origins to as
early as 1806 with the Turks Island Lodge No. 275 receiving a Charter
from the Grand Lodge of Scotland (The Bahama and Turks Islands were
both recognized as one country at that time). There were other Lodges
which were granted Charters from the Grand Lodge, most of them
attached to military regiments based in the islands during that
period.
Scottish Freemasonry laid dormant in The Bahamas until 1967 with the
consecration and erection of Lodge St. Michael, No. 1634 thanks to
the valiant efforts of a giant of a man and mason, Brother Dr.
Claudius R. Walker and other men too numerous to mention in this
short welcome. We are indebted to these masons of vision and
fortitude. Today, there are seven (7) Lodges under the District Grand
Lodge of The Bahamas working on the islands of New Providence, Grand Bahama and Eleuthera.
The tenets of Freemasonry tell us that we are to promote Brotherly
Love, Relief and Truth and it is our wish to encourage every Brother
to engender these tenets in our hearts. This web-site enables our
Brethren near and far to be close to us at all times and will greatly
assist all Brethren to maintain a close relationship with our
District Grand Lodge.
We encourage your input and feedback on ways to improve this website.
We hope that non-Masonic visitors to the web-site will find it
interesting and informative. We extend warmest greetings to all our
visitors.
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