| 词条 | Grand Lodge of Indiana | ||||
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The Grand Lodge of Indiana Free & Accepted Masons is one of two statewide organizations that oversee Masonic lodges in the state of Indiana. It was established on January 13, 1818. Pre-1900The first Lodge in Indiana was created by residents of Vincennes, Indiana. They sought a dispensation to create the Lodge from Louisville, Kentucky's Abraham Lodge #8 in 1806. One was granted in 1807, but due to the distance, they were not able to constitute the lodge. After a second dispensation was sought in 1808, a lodge was formed on March 13, 1809 and the officers were initiated. Other lodges in the Indiana Territory founded by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky were Madison (1815), Charlestown (1816), Melchizedek in Salem (1817), Pisgah in Corydon, Lawrenceburg, Rising Sun, and Vevay (1817). On May 9, 1817, the Grand Lodge of Ohio granted a dispensation for Brookville Harmony Lodge in Brookville, Indiana; this lodge would remain under the Grand Lodge of Ohio for two years following the founding of Indiana's Grand Lodge.[1] After Indiana attained statehood, it qualified for its own Grand Lodge. While attending the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky in September 1817, members of several lodges within the new state agreed to meet in Corydon with representative from all lodges and discuss the viability of forming a Grand Lodge with the State of Indiana. On December 3, 1817, discussion began as to whether a Grand Lodge for Indiana should be formed, 354 days after Indiana gained statehood. Eleven Freemasons from the various lodges in Indiana met in Corydon, and decided to initiate the new Grand Lodge. Amongst these was the first Lieutenant-governor of Indiana, Christopher Harrison. Thus, the Grand Lodge of Indiana was chartered on January 13, 1818, at the presently-named Schofield House, owned by Alexander Lanier, father of James Lanier and a Freemason as well, in Madison, Indiana. Only three Freemasons were at both meetings. The first Grand Master of Indiana was Alexander Buckner of Charlestown, who would later become a United States senator from Missouri.[2][3][4] The Grand Lodge would have its first annual meeting in Charlestown, and would alternate between cities until in 1828 it met in Indianapolis, where it has met ever since.[5] Indiana would not escape the anti-Masonry hysteria of the 1820s-1840. In 1828 there were 33 lodges in Indiana. In both 1833 and 1835 ten lodges were closed. At one point, between 1835–1837, there were only twelve lodges left in Indiana. Eighteen lodges were started during this, but only five of which lasted. In 1834 there was even talk of abolishing the Grand Lodge. In many of the years between 1828–1842, the Grand Master did not even attend the Grand Lodge meetings. The number of Masons in Indianapolis during this period dropped from 654 to 513. By 1842 the anti-Masonry hysteria had waned, and the various Grand Lodges could again grow.[6][7] Post-1900In 1916 the Grand Lodge created the Indiana Masonic Home to support elderly Masons, the widows and orphans of Master Masons, and older members of the Order of the Eastern Star. The Home still exists in Franklin, Indiana and changed its operating name to Compass Park in 2016.[8] The number of Freemasons in Indiana in 2016 was 55,553 amongst its 394 separate lodges.[9] There are also 34 predominantly African-American Masonic lodges in Indiana administered by the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Indiana F&AM, which was established September 16, 1856. The two Indiana grand lodges officially declared mutual recognition in 1998. [10] Beginning in the early 1960s, the Grand lodge of Indiana began erecting historical markers at sites with great Masonic significance. By 1976, 27 of these bronze plaques had been placed across the state, and the majority of them are still standing in 2018.[11] In 1987, the Masonic Library and Museum of Indiana was established to preserve and protect historical items and records of Indiana Freemasonry. Much of the initial collection was amassed for the 1968 sesquicentennial celebration of the Grand Lodge's founding, but that mission has continued and expanded. The MLMI is located today in the Indianapolis Masonic Temple, which is also the headquarters of the state's fraternity. It is open to the public.[12] Famous Freemasons from Indiana include Oliver P. Morton, Lew Wallace, General Charles Cruft, Eugene V. Debs, Art Nehf, Birch Evans Bayh, Sr., Chapman Jay Root, and Gus Grissom. GalleryReferences1. ^Smith, Dwight L. Goodly Heritage (Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Indiana, 1968) pg.6,8,9,11 2. ^Smith pg.18, 42-44 3. ^Indiana Freemasons Online 4. ^Morris, Martha. Christopher Harrison, [https://books.google.com/books?id=R4UUAAAAYAAJ Indiana Magazine of History] Volume 100, #2. (Indiana University Dept. of History, 1920) pg.107 5. ^Mackey, Albert. [https://books.google.com/books?id=HCUKAAAAIAAJ The History of Freemasonry] (The Masonic History Co., 1898) pg.1458 6. ^Bodenhamer, David. The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis (Indiana University Press, 1994) pg.602 7. ^Smith pg.78,79 8. ^Hodapp, Christopher L., Heritage Endures: Perspectives On 200 Years Of Indiana Freemasonry, p. 179-180 9. ^2016 List of Lodges Masonic, Pantagraph Printing & Stationary Co. 10. ^Hodapp, p. 325-347 11. ^Hodapp, p. 73-108 12. ^Hodapp, p. 181-187
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