DELAWARE CONSISTORY OFFICERS Scottish Rite of Delaware Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret, 32° Presents

Commander-in-Chief Ill Carl H. Cox, 33° The 20th, 31st, and 32nd Degrees Reunion 1st Lieutenant Commander Ill James R. Herrington, 33° 2nd Lieutenant Commander H. Richard Hoffman, 32° At The Baby Grand Orator Ill Robert W. Carroll, 33° Chancellor B. John Bialecki, 32° Saturday, April 21, 2012 Master of Ceremonies Ill Robert A. Benson, 33° Engineer and Seneschal Ill A. Tony Maxwell, 33° 8:30 AM Registration Standard Bearer Ill Eugene R. Small, 33° 9:30 AM Open Delaware Consistory Color Bearer Kennard E. Brown, III, 32° Captain of the Guard Cesar E. Aniceto, 32° 9:35 AM 20th Degree (Blue Room) Thrice Potent Master Bruce A. Beck, 32° Sovereign Prince Ill John E. Bednash, 33° Most Wise Master Clarence A. Timmons, 32° Worshipful Master RW & Ill Barry C. Hughes. 33° Words from our Deputy Constans Terry C. Martz, 32° Lord’s Prayer RECITED IN UNISON 11:00 AM 32nd Degree Directors: Ill A. Tony Maxwell, 33°, Ill James M. Brittingham, 33° and Ill Carl H. Cox, 33°, and Sound W. Byran Irwin, 32°

Reception and Aides 11: 45 AM 31st Degree Frank E. Hartsell, 32°, Lyman L. Krimmel, 32°

Guard of Honor David Spangler, 32°, Edward Biasiewicz, 32°, Donald Campbell, 32° LUNCH Steven Leishman, 32°, Carl Carlson, 32°, Eric Thopmson, 32° Candidates Eat First Refreshments William J. Shaw, 32°, MSA and Jimmy’s Grille & Catering 12:30 P.M. or shorthly thereafter HISTORY OF OUR CHARACTERS HISTORY OF OUR CHARACTERS (WITH MASONIC AFFILIATION) (WITH MASONIC AFFILIATION) (CONTINUED) (CONTINUED)

BENEDICT ARNOLD (1741-1801). Born Norwich , Connecticut , HENRY KNOX (1750-1806). Bookseller in Boston ; intimate friend of prominent Colonial family. New Haven , 1762, sold drugs and Washington ; Brigadier General, 1776; on Andre’s court martial, 1780; books near Yale campus; ship-owner and master in West Indian Major General, 1781; commanded West Point , 1782. Planned Military trade. Entered military service; with Ethan Allen, captured Ticon- Academy . Founded Society of the Cincinnati , 1783; U.S. Secretary of deroga , 1775; led ill-fated Quebec expedition, 1775; valiant ser- War, 1789-94. vice at Saratoga , 1777. In command at Philadelphia , 1778-79; Masonic: Probably St. John’s Military Lodge, warranted 1775. Helped to court-martialed and reprimanded for business irregularities, 1779; constitute Washington Lodge (Military), West Point , 1779. Visitor: St. initiated treasonable correspondence with Sir Henry Clinton, 1779; John’s, Boston; Amity No. 6, Camden, Maine; Orient No. 15, Thomaston, Maine plot to betray West Point , 1780.

JOHN SULLIVAN. Born 1740 at Somersworth , New Hampshire . Major General, American As Brigadier General, led British attack on Richmond , Virginia , Revolution. Governor of New Hampshire 1786-89. Commissioned Major in Militia, 1772; and New London , Connecticut , 1780-81. Retired to England , generous pension, com- Colonel, 1773. Attended First as a Delegate from New Hampshire . fortable home, titled friends. Unprofitable business ventures in West Indies , 1786, and Became a prisoner of war in the ; after exchange of Saint John , New Brunswick , 1787-91. Returned to London , accepted British gift of prisoners he served at Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown; 13,400 acres in Canada . Died in his Gloucester Place home, June 17, 18 01 , buried in wintered at Valley Forge. crypt of St. Mary’s, Battersea. Masonic: Received the degrees in St. John’s Lodge No. 1, Portsmouth , No factual basis for legends of poverty, ostracism, longing for America , and death in New Hampshire , March 19,1767 , and December 28, 17 68 . Chosen as an attic. Arnold ’s sons, respected and successful. Before her death in 1804, Mrs. Ar- Grand Master of New Hampshire in July, 1789. He had never served as nold paid debts of 6000 pounds in full. Master of a lodge. St. John’s Lodge elected him Master on December 3, Masonic: Symbolic Degrees probably in West Indies — like many sea captains of that 17 89 , and he was installed three weeks later. He was finally seated in the period. Affiliated with Hiram Lodge No, 1 of New Haven , 1765. Grand East on April 8, 17 90 , but due to poor health was obliged to resign on September 5, 17 90 . — Information supplied by Ill Donald D. Thomas, 33°

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE (1757-1834). Full name — Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gil- bert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. The du Motier family, titled and influential. In 1776, came to America , offered services at age 19. Honored as symbol of French Alliance, Congress appointed him Major General, 1777. En- A FEW GOOD MEN trusted with important commands, fought gallantly; devoted to Washing- NO Experience Necessary!! ton . After Yorktown , returned to France ; influenced French Revolu- tion; wrote “Declaration of Rights” on American pattern. Imprisoned, 1792-97 because of his protest against the tyranny of the Revolution. Are needed to help the stage crew Property confiscated. Guest of the United States in 1784 and 1824. American gift of $200,000 relieved his financial distress. And the refreshment committee Masonic: From excerpts of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee dated May 4 and 5, 1825, page 135, it appears that he was made a Mason in France before he came to To move our paraphernalia, tables, chairs, etc. America and offered his services in the Revolutionary War. To their original location

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HISTORY OF OUR CHARACTERS (WITH MASONIC AFFILIATION)

20th DEGREE CAST (1732-1799). Surveyor, 1748-49; Command of Master Ad Vitam Virginia troops, 1754-58; House of Burgesses, 1759-74; Continental Con- gress, 1774-75; Commander-in-Chief, 1775-83; Constitutional Convention 1787; President of the United States, 1789-97. Masonic: Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 (1752-53). Worshipful Master, Al- exandria Lodge No. 22 (1788, 1797-99). Director of Work Ill A. Tony Maxwell, 33° Director Steven Anderson, 32°, MSA JAMES MERCER (1736-1793). House of Burgesses, 1762-76; Continental Prologue Ill Eugene R. Small, 33° Congress, 1779-80; Judge, General Court, 1779-89; Court of Appeals, 1789- 93. Masonic: Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4. President of council to organize a Scene 1—The Lodge Grand Lodge, 1777. Grand Master, 1784-86.

Col. Howe, Venerable Master Ill Herbert P. Fulmer, II, 33° EDMUND RANDOLPH (1753-1813). Aide to Washington, 1775-76; Attorney Major Long, Senior Warden Ill Robert A. Benson, 33° General, Virginia, 1776; Continental Congress, 1779-82; Governor of Vir-

Capt. Morgan, Junior Warden Kennard E. Brown, III, 32° ginia, 1786-88; Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Attorney General, Capt. Mason, Orator Arthur A. Loveless, Jr., 32° 1789-94; Secretary of State, 1794-95. Private law practice, 1795-1813.

Lt. Henry, Treasurer Frederick S. Roland, 32°, MSA Masonic: Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, 1774, Deputy Grand Master, 1784; Bro. Crandall, Secretary Stefan F. Darczcuk, 32° Grand Master, 1786-88.

General Monroe, Senior Deacon James D. Rouke, 32° Bro. Lawrence, Junior Deacon RW & Ill Barry C. Hughes. 33° MORDECAI GIST (1742-1792). Citizen of . Commanded Mary-

land troops. Brigadier General, 1779. With Gates in , 1780; remained as permanent citizen and planter.

Masonic: Lodge No. 16, Baltimore , 1775. Probably Master. Master, Army Scene 1—Historical and Legendary Lodge No. 27, 1780. President, Convention of Army Lodges, Morristown, New Jersey, which suggested the election of Washington as General Grand James Mercer, Grand Master of Virginia Jay C. Bergstrom, 32° Master. Deputy Grand Master, South Carolina , 1787. Grand Master, 1789- Edmund Randolph, Deputy Grand James T. Garrity, 32°, MSA 92. Master of Virginia General George Washington Ill Donald D. Thomas, 33° ISRAEL PUTNAM. Major General, , Revolutionary War;

Marquis de Lafayette of France Steven Anderson, 32°, MSA bom Jan. 7, 17 18, Salem, Mass.; one of four original Major Generals of the General Israel Putnam of Connecticut Gregory P. Correll, 32° Continentals and only one to serve the entire length of the war; served under General Henry Knox of Massachusetts Ill Steven J. Quillen, 33° Massachusetts Grand Master Joseph Warren, Chief Commander at New General Mordecia Gist of So. Carolina Arthur H. Sutton, III, 32°, MSA York, just prior to General Washington’s arrival during the Battle of Long General John Sullivan of New Hampshire Ill Carl H. Cox, 33° Island; commanded at Philadelphia in 1776 and in the highlands of the Hud- Sir Francis Cranston of England Ill Albert R. Marshall, 33° son in 1777. Colonel Belltower of England H. Richard Hoffman, 32° Masonic: Credited with being a member of a British Military Lodge at Crown Point , Thomas Gerry of Virginia William D. Stephey, Jr., 32° N.Y. , and made a Mason there on June 7, 1758 . This has never been truly authenticated, Colonel Samuel Crisp, the Escort William J. Shaw, 32°, MSA but he is credited with being a member of Hiram Lodge No. 1 of New Haven , Conn. , Benedict Arnold Ill Charles A. Depfer, 33° and the record shows that he did attend Hiram Lodge on many occasions and was also a frequent visitor at the lodge in Hartford , Conn. , and at Redding , Conn. He was the guest of honor on occasions when American Union Lodge held special events. (continued) 31st DEGREE CAST Knight Aspirant

This Degree describes the victory of the spiritual over the hu- man in man and the conquest of appetites and passions by moral sense and reason. The exemplar represents every Freemason eager to serve humanity, but caught between self-esteem and the call to duty. Duty often requires sacrifice, sometimes the supreme sacrifice.

Allegory OFFICERS IN ALL BODIES

Place: A Cathedral in France…...Time about 1300 AD

Prologue: Ill Herbert J. Atkinson, 33° Deputy Ill James T. Elliott, Jr., 33° Directed by: Ill A. Tony Maxwell, 33° Active Ill William R. Stevens, Jr., 33°

Cast

Emeriti Bishop Jay C. Bergstrom, 32° Crucifer Arthur H. Sutton, III , 32°, MSA Ill Harold T.J. Littleton, 33° Acolytes Arthur A. Loveless, Jr., 32° Ill Warren F. Schueler, Sr., 33° Stephen E. Hentkowski, 32° Ill Donald D. Thomas, 33° James D. Rouke, 32° Ill Albert R. Marshall, 33° Stefan F. Darczcuk, 32°

Chivalry Valley of Wilmington Costans the Suppliant Ill A. Tony Maxwell, 33° Secretary Ill Herbert J. Atkinson, 33° Prince Commander Ill Randall C. Mullen, 33° Secretary Emeritus Ill Eugene R. Small, 33° Herald Sam Katz, 32° Treasurer S. Curtis Cole, 32°

Attending Knights Kennard E. Brown,III, 32° James T. Garrity, 32°, MSA Joseph L. Kaufman, 32° Captain of the Guard (Etienne) Ill John B. Dorsey, 33° Valley of Lower Delaware Knight Lodge of Perfection (Carl) Matthew M. Kent, 32° Deputy’s Representative Ill William T. Wadkins, Jr., 33° Knight Prince of Jerusalem (Phillipe) Frederick S. Roland, 32°, MSA Secretary Ill Robert A. Benson, 33° Knight of Rose Croix (Frederick) Ill Steven J. Quillen, 33° Treasurer Arthur H. Sutton, 32°, MSA Knight Kadosh (Conrad) Gary Williamson, 32°

Tempters Florio (A Cavalier) William H. Jones, 32° Urban (A Necromancer) William D. Stephey, Jr., 32° Ignatious (A Monk) William J. Sahm, jr., 32°