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On Tuesday, March 27, forty-six masons their families and friends met to honor long serving masons at Lake City Lodge 127. A chicken and biscuit dinner was served by Victoria Lake City. Awards were given to Brothers who had served the Lodge from 50 to 5 years. 50 Year members who were presented Aprons by the Grand Lodge of New York were: R∴W∴ Robert Eason, W∴ Everett Cooper.

Please visit the Lodge News for complete details.

In our efforts to increase fellowship throughout the District, we continue our Fellowship Lunch Club every Thursday at 12:00PM, at a place designated by the previous week's attendees. Everyone is invited. Please visit our Lodge Calendar for the location of this week's Fellowship lunch club.

The 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:30PM

For information on specific event dates and times, please visit our Lodge Calendar.

Lake City Lodge No. 127 operates under the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New York. Please visit the Grand Lodge of New York website.

Mark your calendars for June 21, 2012 through June 24, 2012. St. John’s Day which is held at the Masonic Care Community in Utica is being expanded. Camp Turk, on Round Lake in the Adirondack Park will be open to Masons and their families during the annual St. John's Day celebration. Please visit the Lodge News for complete information.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:00AM, our Coffee Crew meets at the Lodge for coffee, donuts and Fellowship. Please drop in and let the brethern know what you have been up to and what is coming up in your Lodge.

Oil on canvas on panel by David Martin, 1767. Original: 127.2 x 101.4 cm (50.08 x 39.92 in). Current location White House Washington, D.C., United States.

Notes from Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.:

The White House Historical Association, 2008: “The portrait of Benjamin Franklin was commissioned by Robert Alexander, of the firm of William Alexander & Sons, Edinburgh. The impressive beribboned document held by Franklin in the portrait is not a treaty or an Act of Parliament, but one of Alexander's deeds! The other books and pamphlets suggest the learned evidence brought in support of a wise man's decision. The bust of Isaac Newton, whose gaze is directed toward Franklin, invokes the greatest English voice of Reason.”

“[T]he portrait nonetheless sits squarely in the broader tradition of Enlightenment. The pressure of the thumb against the chin - expresses the pressure of concentrated thought (the painting has sometimes been called the ’thumb portrait‘), and the refracted light of Franklin's spectacles on his cheek furthers the effect.”

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

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