Delaware Colonials Degree Team

02/01/2025

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02/01/2024

45th annual Brotherhood Night!
There was a question about tickets for Brotherhood Night in Delaware. It is March 15th at Nur Shrine 198 S. DuPont Hwy. New Castle, DE 19720.
Social Hour starts at 5:30 pm
Dinner at 6:00 pm
Tickets are $50.00 each and include dinner and a commemorative pin.
Come see old friends and meet new ones from DE, NJ, PA, NY and more!
Questions or bulk ticket sale needs contact W. B. Jim Bennett at 302-228-1228.

01/07/2024

Members of the Delaware Shield and Square Club:

Remember the deadline to let President Jim Bennett know if you are attending the dinner meeting on the 21st is fast approaching. Just a few spots remain before we hit our 40 maximum so let WB Jim know today!

The next business meeting will take place with our ladies on January 21, 2024.

The meeting will be held at:

Mcglynns Pub
800 N. State St
Dover, DE. 19901

Gathering and social time is 4:00 PM

Mcglynns will set us up with a buffet at 4:30 offering:

Carved Roast Beef Au Jus
Stuffed Chicken Breast
Baked Ziti
Caesar Salad
Fresh Tomato, Mozzarella & Basil Tray
Seafood Salad
Seasoned Vegetables
Oven Browned Herbed Potatoes
Rolls & Butter
Soft Drinks
Coffee & Tea

Mcglynns price for the buffet is $29.99 plus gratuity. Your cost will be $20.00 per person and the club will subsidize the difference. Adult refreshments will be at your expense. There is a 20 person minimum and a 40 person maximum. Deadline for reservations is January 14, 2024 or when the maximum is reached. Please RSVP to this email and send your check to:
Colonials Square Club
P.O. Box 3
Nassau, DE. 19969
(FYI - Dues notices just went out so you should have an addressed envelope ready to go but please send separate checks)

01/04/2024

Washington Lodge No. 1 is holding its January stated meeting tonight.

Dinner at 6:30 pm Gavel Drops at 7:30.

First item of business will be the conferring the EA degree on a candidate followed by a brief business meeting. Lecture will be given at a later date.

All Masons, EA, FC or MM are welcome to attend.

Hope to see a nice crowd!

11/29/2023

On November 29, 2023 it was a delightful evening at Lombardy Hall, the country home of Gunning Bedford, Jr. as the Delaware Colonials visited Granite-Corinthian Lodge No. 34 to confer the Master Mason degree on a worthy Brother.

The degree was ably led by WB John A Turansky in the East. WB Hon. Jim Horn delivered the lecture in outstanding form.

The whole team did an amazing job. I was honored to take part in a small role myself.

One can only imagine that Bedford often had the leading gentlemen of the state and freemasonry visit his house.

He had purchased the property in 1782 but didn’t fully move in until 1793 after the building was considerably enlarged to meet his needs. He had purchased the estate from Hannah Robinson the widow of Charles Robinson, they were my 6th great grandparents.

The property had come down to Charles Robinson from his Great Grandfather Valentine Hollingsworth who was given 986 acres along Shellpot Creek in Brandywine Hundred by his friend William Penn.

Valentine Hollingsworth was my 9th Great Grandfather. He also gave the land that became Newark Union Church & Cemetery.

Gunning Bedford had served on George Washington’s staff during the American Revolution. He served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and was the primary advocate that each state have two Senators to protect small states like Delaware.

After the convention Bedford led the effort to have Delaware become the First State by ratifying the Constitution on December 7, 1787.

Once Washington was in office as President he appointed Bedford as the first Federal Judge for the District of Delaware.

In 1806 when the Grand Lodge of Delaware was formed Bedford being the most prominent Mason in Delaware was elected the first Grand Master.

11/29/2023

Welcome to the page for the Delaware Colonials. We are an invitation only degree team made up of Past Masters who travel throughout Delaware and beyond to confer degrees at the request of the sitting Worshipful Master of a lodge. (Almost always the Master Mason Degree)

If you would be interested in having the Delaware Colonials confer a degree at your lodge please reach out to us.