Civil War Lodge of Research #1865, AF&AM
Masters and Membership Statistics for each year of its existence
|
Year |
Master |
Total Membership |
Affiliated |
Reinstated |
Deaths |
Demits |
NPD |
|
1995 |
Allen E. Roberts (deceased) |
130 |
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1996 |
Keith A. Hinerman |
146 |
14 |
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1997 |
Paul M. Bessel |
184 |
44 |
3 |
3 |
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1998 |
Paul M. Bessel |
290 + 106 (+58%) |
116 | 2 | 3 | ||
|
1999 |
David J. Roberts | 321 +31 (+11%) |
48 | 2 | 15 |
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|
2000 |
Robert E. Schindler, Sr. |
358 |
48 |
|
3 |
7 |
1 |
(below left) Number of Members in CWLR each year 1995-2000
(below right) Percent Increase in CWLR Membership each year 1996-2000
Meetings of the CWLR
| Date | Place & Other Details |
|---|---|
| May 6, 1995 | Highland Springs – first meeting – Allen E. Roberts, WM, unable to attend because of illness |
| May 4, 1996 | Highland Springs – elected new officers – Keith A. Hinerman new WM |
| October 26, 1996 | meeting at Lodge in Richmond, and tour of Richmond battlefields |
| May 3, 1997 | Highland Springs – elected new officers – Paul M. Bessel new WM – Tribute to the late Allen E. Roberts, our Charter Master |
| October 11, 1997 | Masonic Home of Virginia, in Richmond, Virginia – living history demonstration at Grand Lodge family day |
| December 6, 1997 | Winchester Hiram Lodge in Winchester, Virginia – Speaker: Michel Brodsky from Belgium, Past Master of Quatuor Coronati Lodge – also Civil War Tour of Winchester – elected officers on new schedule (December instead of May) – Paul M. Bessel reelected WM |
| April 18, 1998 | Fredericksburg Lodge – 2 speakers on Civil War and Masonic research |
| July 3, 1998 | Gettysburg – CWLR meeting in the open field at dusk |
| July 11, 1998 | George Washington Masonic National Memorial, together with officers and members of Quatuor Coronati Lodge #2076 from London – filled the auditorium, with about 350 attendees – Paul M. Bessel presented a paper on “Civil War Political and Philosophical Issues from a Masonic Perspective“ |
| October 10, 1998 | Antietam – Pry House – followed by tour of the Battlefield |
| December 5, 1998 | Highland Springs – elections – David J. Roberts new WM |
| March 6, 1999 | Wellsburg, West Virginia – meeting of CWLR in W.V. lodge celebrating 200th anniversay |
| July 10, 1999 | Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, with brass band during lunch, followed by tour of Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, West Virginia |
| August 28, 1999 | Visited Bentonville, N.C., Battlefield, in Newton Grove, N.C. – tour conducted by site manager John B. Goode |
| October 30, 1999 | Presentation on Battle of Ball’s Bluff by Kim B. Holien, historian with the Department of the Army, followed by a tour of the Ball’s Bluff Battlefield, near Leesburg, Virginia |
| December 4, 1999 | Fredericksburg Lodge #4 in Fredericksburg, Virginia – elections – Robert E. Schindler, Sr., new WM – medical display by Bruce Nelson and tour of old town Fredericksburg and the Masonic cemetery |
| April 1, 2000 | Presentation by Kathryn Kleiman, Friends of Point Lookout Society, on the U.S. prison at Point Lookout, Maryland, for Confederate prisoners, followed by a tour of the prison |
| July 8, 2000 | Arlington Masonic Lodge – talk by Brian Pohanka on the 5th N.Y. (Duryea’s Zouaves) at 2nd Manassas (Bull Run) – followed by tour of Bull Run (Manassas) Battlefield |
| October 7, 2000 | Presentation by Peter Gross on the burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, followed by a tour of the destroyed area – meeting in the Masonic lodge that was saved from the burning |
| December 2, 2000 | Highland Springs – elections – Michael McCabe new WM – also a tour of Cold Harbor battlefield |
| April 7, 2001 | Gettysburg – Good Samaritan Lodge – followed by a Masonic tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield |
| July 14, 2001 | Delaware City, Delaware – Jackson Lodge – tour of Fort Delaware, Union prisoner of war camp, with living history show |
| September 15, 2001 – 1pm | lodge meeting in the field at Laurel Hill in Ararat, Virginia – birthplace of J.E.B. Stuart |
| October 20, 2001 – 10am | Winchester Hiram Lodge #21 in Winchester, Virginia – same weekend as Cedar Creek reenactment – in evening Unity Lodge #146 (WM is CWLR Treasurer Marty Zuckerman) table lodge |
| December 1, 2001 | election and installation of new officers – Babcock Lodge #322 in Highland Springs, Virginia – tour of Richmond and the Confederate White House after meeting |