K909-2011 Actions

• Feb 14, 2012: adopted

K909-2011 Text

 ATIVE  RESOLUTION commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Boyer
 No.1 Free and Accepted Masons, P.H.A.

 S, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize  and  pay
 e  to  those  fraternal  organizations  of high purpose and worthy
 lishment whose endeavors have faithfully served the welfare of the
 ns of the State of New York; and
 EAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its  long-
 ng  traditions,  this  Legislative Body is justly proud to commem-
 the 200th Anniversary of the Boyer Lodge No.1  Free  and  Accepted
 , P.H.A.; and
 EAS,  February  16, 1812, marked the birth of Boyer Lodge No. 1 of
 rk City which was the beginning of  Prince  Hall  Masonry  in  the
  of New York; the Charter was issued by Peter Lew, Grand Master of
 ince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; and
 EAS, Boyer Lodge was named in honor of  Haitian  soldier-statesman
 resident Jean Pierre Boyer who was considered a Hero for his lead-
  during the war of Liberation of Haiti from France; and
 EAS, On October 2, 1818, there appeared a notice in several  local
 pers, calling for a meeting of a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
 tober  6,  1818, in the City of New York, and styled, the "African
 ; and
 EAS, In 1826, The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts  helped
 r expand Freemasonry in New York State by the Chartering of Celes-
 Lodge No. 2, Rising Sun Lodge No. 3 (Brooklyn) and Hiram Lodge No.

 EAS, On March 14, 1845, further progress was achieved  when  Boyer
  No.  1,  Celestial  Lodge No. 2, Rising Sun Lodge No. 3 and Hiram
 No. 4 convened and erected Boyer Grand Lodge  of  New  York;  with
 transition  Boyer  Grand  Lodge of New York became the third lodge
 d in history; and
 EAS, In 1944, the formal name was changed to "The Most  Worshipful
   Hall Grand Lodge Of The Most Ancient And Honorable Fraternity Of
 nd Accepted Masons Of The State Of New York"; and
 EAS, Currently under the leadership of the Worshipful Master Carlo
 Ramsey, the members of Boyer Lodge No.1 are active in their commu-
 evidenced by their yearly participation in  the  "Toys  for  Tots"
 m,  providing  meals  for the hungry on Thanksgiving and Christmas
 articipation in the Relay for Life program, and changing the lives
  in the New York City area; now, therefore be it
 LVED, That this Legislative Body pause  in  its  deliberations  to
 orate  the  200th  Anniversary  of  the  Boyer Lodge No.1 Free and
 ed Masons, P.H.A.; and be it further
 LVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
 d to Boyer Lodge No.1 Free and Accepted Masons, P.H.A.