The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of New Jersey

To the Grand Lodge Office: David Brearley Award This is to certify that the Brother whose name is on this applica- Application tion has completed all requirements to earn the David Brearley Award.

Lodge Name and Number ______

Attest: ______Lodge Secretary

Date: ______

Lodge Seal:

Name: ______

Lodge ______No. ______

Date of Master Mason Degree: ______In order to earn the David Brearley Award, a newly raised Broth- REQUIRED: er must achieve all 6 required activities and at least four electives. The time frame to accomplish these activities is 1 year from the 1. Attend each of the three Blue Lodge Degrees a minimum of date he was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. Upon two times in your own OR at another Lodge. completion of the required activities, The Lodge Secretary will Date______forward to the Grand Lodge Office this David Brearley Award application along with the appropriate signatures. The Grand 2. Attend a minimum of one Official Visit of the DDGM to Lodge Office will process the application and mail the applicant’s another Lodge in the District. Date______medal and his certificate to the Lodge Secretary for presentation at either the applicant’s Lodge, District Lodge of Instruction or an 3. Attend a minimum of seven Lodge Communications over Official Visit. the course of your first year. Date______

The future of our fraternity and our ability to continue to grow 4. Work on a minimum of one Lodge social activity OR a our membership is highly dependent on being able to engage and Lodge charitable event. Date______integrate our new members into the activities of the Lodge. When new members become involved and active in their respective 5. Assist a minimum of once with the Officers setting up the Lodges they become the best models for new candidates to emu- Lodge room (meeting OR rehearsal) Date______late. The David Brearley Award is an official means by which we can achieve these membership goals. 6. Attend a minimum of three additional District Lodges of Instruction. Date______Our first Grand Master, Most Worshipful David Brearley 1745 – 1790, was a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention and ELECTIVES: (Choose four) signer of the U.S. Constitution on behalf of New Jersey. During the American Revolutionary War, Brearley rose to the rank of 1. Sponsor a candidate into the Lodge. Date: ______colonel in Nathaniel Heard's New Jersey militia brigade. From 1776 to 1779 he served in the New Jersey Line of the Continental 2. Volunteer to serve as a Lodge Mentor. Date: ______Army, seeing action at Brandywine, Germantown, and Mon- mouth. 3. Serve on a Lodge Committee. Date: ______

Brearley resigned from the army in 1779 to serve as the New Jer- 4. Attend The Feast of Saints John. Date: ______sey Supreme Court Chief Justice, succeeding Robert Morris. 1n 1789, Brearley was nominated by President George Washington 5. Attend a Masonic Memorial Service. Date: ______to be the first federal district judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. A few months later, he died 6. Assist in the operation of an Open House. Date: ______in that office. Had he lived past the age of 45, he may have gone on to lead one of the most distinguished and influential careers to 7. Attend a DeMolay or Rainbow meeting, event, or installa be recorded in the annuls of history tion. Date: ______