The Annual Installation of Officers of Milton Lodge was held on Friday evening October 8, 2010. Wor. James Bennette, Past Master of Columbian Lodge was the installaing Master and was assisted by Wor. Robert Whitehouse, Marshal, and Rt. Wor. Graeme Marsden, Chaplain. The Paul Revere charge was delivered by Wor. Ralph Desmond, a Past Master of King Hiram Lodge in Provincetown. King Hiram Lodge was chartered in 1795 by Most Worshipful Paul Revere when he was serving as the Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts.

Bro. Desmond brought two cherished artifacts with him from King Hiram Lodge. The first was a Master’s jewel that was crafted by Bro. Revere. When Bro. Bennette installed Wor. Oreste Tramonte as Master of Milton Lodge (right) he placed the Paul Revere jewel on Bro.Tramonte as the symbol of his office. The trowel that Bro. Tremonte is holding in his right hand was used by President and Brother Theodore Roosevelt to apply mortar to the cornerstone of the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown more than a century ago. We extend our deepest thanks to the installing suite and to Bro. Desmond and King Hiram Lodge for loaning the Master’s jewel and trowel that helped make this year’s installation of officers an even more memorable event.

Milton Lodge’s new Worshipful  Master is flanked by Bro. Al Fyfe, Jr., installed as Treasurer and installing Master, Wor. Jim Bennette. Rt. Wor. Richmond P. Carlson, District Deputy Grand Master of the 8th Masonic District examines the trowel used by President and Bro. Teddy Roosevelt to lay the cornerstone of the Pilgrim Memorial Monument tower in Provincetown.