[BCMA] Media Release: Living History Talk - Freemasonry

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The Reach Living History Series
Writing and Publishing Your Own Story by Bill Overy

Thursday, October 25, 2012
The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford
32388 Veterans Way
6:30-8:30pm  FREE
Pre-registration is required.
Please contact Kris Foulds at kfoulds at thereach.ca<mailto:kfoulds at thereach.ca> or 604 864-8087 x 112

In 1912 the village of Abbotsford had only just begun to reap the benefits of being home to a thriving lumber industry, prairies of fertile soil and a stop on three railway lines. The trains brought the families who arrived to settle on land cleared by the Abbotsford Lumber Company and establish a new home here. As they arrived, newcomers began to make the connections that would make the community; among them were Freemasons, members of now distant Lodges.

On May 18, 1912 local Masons welcomed Grand Lodge Officers and visiting Brethren and laid the cornerstone of the Abbotsford lodge.  On October 15, 1912 members of the Grand Lodge assembled again, this time to constitute Abbottsford Lodge No. 70 and install its officers. The spelling of the constituted name was as it appeared on the Great Northern Railway station, with the extra "t".

As part of The Reach Living History series, join Abbottsford Lodge No. 70 Historian, Bill Overy, as he shares the history of Freemasonry from its earliest beginnings to its establishment in Abbotsford and debunks myths and misunderstandings about Freemasonry. The program is free but pre-registration is required. Contact Kris Foulds, kfoulds at thereach.ca<mailto:kfoulds at thereach.ca> or 604-864-8087 ext 112.

Come early and view A Community Builder:  100 Years of Freemasonry in Abbotsford, that celebrates 100 year of Freemasonry in Abbotsford, on display at The Reach until January 6, 2013.

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