Lafayette Lodge #47 F & A M

09/12/2026

06/08/2026

https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/cumberland/breakfast-fundraiser-will-benefit-the-nri-food-pantry/article_265b7c54-81e2-41d4-af90-441d23530c31.html

CUMBERLAND – A Community Breakfast Food Drive Fundraiser will be held Saturday, June 13, from 7 to 10 a.m., at Lafayette Lodge 47, 680 Nate Whipple Highway.

05/22/2026

Our June 13th monthly Breakfast will support the Northern Rhode Island Food Pantry.
June 13th 7-10am $15 donation
also consider any nonperishable food items.

05/13/2026

We have our Monthly Breakfast this Saturday May 16th from 7-10am! $10 donation at the door.

Looking at the weather, the rest of this week will be wet and dreary, but this weekend's weather is looking up!

Kind of reminds me how a nice serving of 🥓 helps you feel! ☀️
Especially when shared with your Brothers Masonic Temple Monthly Breakfast
So come by to enjoy!

05/10/2026

Helping out the Franklin Farm RI is always worth a few laughs and knowing your helping your community.

Seedling Plant Day
May 16, 2026
9 am- 12 pm
Volunteers Wanted: No Sign Up Needed for this fun day of planting. Volunteers will be working with the tractor team to get the tomato, eggplant, and pepper plants in. Walking Material will also be spread out. (Laying the walking material is a hands-on, active task that involves spreading and leveling materials to help create safe and welcoming pathways around the gardens).

04/06/2026

Guided by the seven liberal arts so important to humanity, astronomy, geography, arithmetic, and logic, humanity returns to the Moon, advancing knowledge and extending the reach of reason beyond Earth.

Track NASA's Artemis II in real-time. Speed, distance, trajectory map, crew telemetry. First crewed lunar mission since 1972.

03/20/2026

Brethren, and Guests
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Just a quick reminder that our big fundraiser for Franklin Farm will be this Saturday from 7-10am! $10 donation.

Looks like Bro. Lane made us an 🥧 🍎Apple Pie French Toast to go along with all of the other fare that you know and love!
So come on out, say Hi, and help us support Franklin Farm! 🥓

03/06/2026

Lafayette’s leap from a teenage French aristocrat to a major general in the Continental Army makes more sense when you look at the political moment. The Americans were desperate for foreign allies, especially anyone who could help draw France into the war.

Lafayette arrived not just with enthusiasm but with money, he personally financed his ship, supplies, and part of his unit, and he carried the prestige of an old noble family. Even without battlefield experience, he symbolized the possibility of French support, which made him far more valuable than his résumé suggested.

Once in America, he proved that the appointment wasn’t just symbolic. Lafayette fought bravely at Brandywine, was wounded, and earned Washington’s respect almost immediately.

Their close relationship became politically useful: Lafayette acted as a bridge between the Continental Army and the French court, helping secure troops, ships, and funding that ultimately made victory at Yorktown possible. His rapid rise wasn’t just luck, it was a mix of timing, diplomacy, and genuine courage that reshaped the war’s trajectory.

02/21/2026

Breakfast is served! 🥓