Washington Daylight Lodge #14
Free and Accepted Masons (F.A.A.M.)
District of Columbia
Meets the 3rd Saturday of each month, at 10am
in Naval Masonic Hall, 330 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, D.C.
Washington Daylight Lodge #14 is a proud lodge, chartered December 23, 1991, by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, but including in its heritage 4 lodges that were founded in 1852, 1905, 1923, and 1924, which through a series of consolidations came to be included in the current Washington Daylight Lodge #14.
We meet during the day, on the 3rd Saturday of each month, starting at 10am (with breakfast served from 8:30am), in the historic Naval Masonic Hall, built in 1895. All Master Masons who are visiting Washington, D.C., are welcome to join us at any of our meetings. (Come for our free breakfast before the meeting, too!)
Photographs of Lodge Activities
Washington Daylight Lodge Officers with the Grand Master
The photographs below were taken at Washington Daylight Lodge’s wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Brother George Washington, on February 19, 2001.
Where We Came From
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In 1852 Washington Centennial Lodge #14 was chartered by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the year when George Washington became a Mason. |
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In 1905 King Solomon Lodge #31 was chartered by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia. |
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In 1923 Warren G. Harding Lodge #39 was chartered, and in 1924 Brightwood Lodge #43 was chartered by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia. |
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Then, several consolidations began to take place. Warren G. Harding Lodge #39 and Brightwood Lodge #43 formed Warren G. Harding-Brightwood Lodge #43 in 1982. |
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Then, Warren G. Harding-Brightwood Lodge #43 and King Solomon Lodge #31 formed Solomon-Harding-Brightwood Lodge #43 in 1989. |
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And then, in 1991, Solomon-Harding-Brightwood Lodge #43 joined with the oldest of the lodges mentioned, Washington Centennial Lodge #14, to form Washington Daylight Lodge #14, which continues the traditions of all the lodges that are a part of its legacy. |
Officers in 2004
Worshipful Master | Theodore V. Villapando |
Senior Warden | Charles A. Phillips |
Junior Warden | Alexander A. Olbrich |
Secretary | Harold Grainger, PM 14914 Laurel Oaks Lane Laurel MD 20707-5518 301-498-1178 |
Treasurer | Scott R. Wales |
Senior Deacon | Amehed M. Shek |
Junior Deacon | Sheldon I. Rappeport |
Senior Steward | Alan H. Patterson |
Junior Steward | |
Master of Ceremonies | Jay M. Emerson |
Chaplain | Timothy R. Bennett |
Tiler | George E. Enders |
Our Board of Trustees
serving until the end of 2003 | Harold Grainger, P.M. |
serving until the end of 2004 | Emanuele Fontana |
serving until the end of 2005 | Timothy R. Bennett |
Our Living Past Masters
1939 | Albert B. Smith |
1954 | Harry W. Hjort |
1957 | John T. Lee |
1958 | Herbert M. Hay |
1960 | Kearie E. Temple |
1961 | Bobby T. Tindall |
1962 | Arthur Baron |
1962 | Warren E. Smith |
1964 | Emanuele Fontana |
1964 | Floyd E. Werle |
1965 | James R. Brooks |
1965, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 | Harold Grainger |
1965 | Wilhelm Nupen |
1967 | James T. Kitsoulis |
1967 | Rupert G. Daniels (affiliated) |
1967, 1969 | John P. Knapik |
1968 | Charles E. Goodman |
1968 | Willard F. Martin |
1969 | Clifton G. Parrish |
1970 | Ainnah C. Bryant |
1971 | Robert W. Anderson (Honorary Member) |
1972 | Joseph C. Hawkins, Jr. |
1972 | David L. Smith |
1973 | Robert N. Margrave |
1973 | Herman Nickerson, Jr. |
1973 | Darwin E. Spinks |
1974 | Freddie R. Campbell |
1974 | Glenn A. Woods |
1977 | Robert C. Alt |
1977 | Carroll Smith |
1978 | Lee Lamarr |
1978 | George L. Thomson |
1979 | Maurice H. Goldchain (affiliated) |
1979 | Harold J. Johnson, Jr. |
1980, 1981, 1982 | Coe Tug Morgan (PDDGM Washington State) |
1981 | Alfred E. Ashton |
1981, 1988 | William M. Edwards, Jr. |
1982, 1986 | Robert Thomas |
1982-85, 1989, 1995 | Jesse Villareal (affiliated) |
1983 | T. Paul Reigert |
1984, 1988 | Theodore V. Villapando |
1985 | Lynn A. Dean |
1986 | Kenneth L. Foran |
1986 | Paul F. Ritenour, Sr. (affiliated) |
1986 | Edison M. Amos |
1987 | George E. Enders |
1987 | Joseph W. Doucet (affiliated) |
1988, 1989 | Stanley P. Foley |
1989 | Edmund E. Young (Honorary Member) |
1989, 2001 | Sheldon I. Rappeport (affiliated) |
1989, 1990 | Timothy R. Bennett |
1991 | R.J. Brock |
1991 | Michael H. Koplitz (affiliated) |
1991 | Joseph E. Laciny, Jr. |
1992 | Ronald W. Goode |
1992, 2000 | Scott R. Wales (affiliated) |
1993 | Joseph R. Budney |
1994 | Oscar Rodriguez |
1995 | Francisco J. Ojeda |
1996 | Charles E. Sandeen |
1996 | Amehed Mowlack Shek (affiliated) |
1998 | Robert T. North |
1996, 1999 | Franklin O. Gayoso |
2001 | Alvin Pardo |
2002 | Jay Emerson |
2003 | Jesse Villareal |