- Grand Lodge of Alabama
The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of
Alabama (commonly called the "Grand Lodge of Alabama") is one of several Masonic Grand Lodges in the state of Alabama. It was established inMontgomery on June 11, 1821. Its first Grand Master was Thomas Wadsworth Farrar.Previous to the Grand Lodge's formation, Masonic Lodges existed in the state under charters from the Grand Lodges of Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The creation of the Grand Lodge of Alabama provided unity and guaranteed that a common ritual was being performed during the degree work.
ources
* "Masonry in Alabama" by Joseph Abram Jackson, Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Alabama from 1965-1970.Annual Communications Grand lodge of Alabama 1876
External links
* [http://www.alafreemasonry.org/ Alabama Grand Lodge]
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