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Ohio Freemasons Remember President Lincoln

In April, Ohio Freemasons helped to bring the national commemoration of the American Civil War to a close by observing the 150th anniversary of the death of President Abraham Lincoln, the savior of the Union. Members of several of the Lodges in Cleveland and the Grand Commandery of Ohio marched in the reenactment of President Lincoln’s funeral procession held in Cleveland on April 26, 2015 - as it was 150 years ago.  They were joined by the members of Eureka Lodge No. 52, Prince Hall Affiliated, which had also participated in 1865. On April 28, 2015 representatives of Cleveland Lodge No. 781 and Forest City Commandery No. 40 partnered with the Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument and the Lincoln at Cleveland Committee in the dedication of an Ohio Historical Marker, which honors the events of April 28, 1865, when the city of Cleveland hosted one of 12 public viewings of the body of America’s first assassinated president. Members of Lodges in Columbus performed a special memorial service in the rotunda of the Ohio State House on May 2, 2015.  The State House and rotunda were again decorated as they had been when Lincoln’s body laid in repose in the rotunda on April 29, 1865.  That same evening, members of Columbus Lodge No. 30 and Magnolia Lodge No. 20 held a private memorial and dinner to honor the President.  Both these Lodges held positions of honor in the procession as it circled the State House under the direction of Mark Melroy, Pipe Major of Aladdin Shrine, prior to entering the State House for the 150th anniversary memorial service.

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