What is Happening at Henry Lodge No. 57 4 19 2026

[terenc...@smithsresearch.net]

Brethren and Friends:

 

On this day in 1775 American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts, with the "Shot Heard Round the World" fired later this day in Concord.

The day was memorialized in the "Concord Hymn", by Ralph Waldo Emerson:

"By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world."

 

 

 

The bridge in question is North Bridge, in Concord, where it is established that the first shots by American soldiers acting under orders were taken, as well as the first British fatalities and retreat. The war would end eight years later with the independence of a new country born of the Thirteen Colonies - the United States of America.

Let us be thankful for the courage and righteous determination of those farmers who stood on that field – and for the many soldiers and service members who over the past 250 years have kept the Flag of Freedom flying.

Sincerely and Fraternally,

Terence M. Smith

Worshipful Master

Henry Lodge  No. 57