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Montgomery Lodge No. 13 was originally chartered by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1783, prior to the formation of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. The original charter bears the signature of patriot and Freemason, Paul Revere. The Lodge was named in honor of Major General Richard Montgomery, Masonic Brother, patriot ,and American Revolutionary War hero. Montgomery resided in upstate New York, slightly North and West of Salisbury, Connecticut. He was one of the most trusted of Washington's compatriots and, in a short time, showed his excellence as a leader on the field of battle. He was killed in action at the battle for Quebec, largely as a result of the activities of a traitorous spy, who alerted the British to the impending attack. Montgomery was so beloved in his day, that many American communities either changed their names to Montgomery in his honor or named streets, public buildings, parks and the likes in his memory. Montgomery Lodge No. 13, located in the village of Lakeville within the Town of Salisbury, Connecticut, no doubt was named in our distinguished Brother's memory. In 1997, then Grand Master, M.W. Charles Yohe, assigned the members of neighboring Hamilton Lodge No. 54, Sharon, Connecticut to Montgomery Lodge on the occasion of Hamilton Lodge surrendering its Charter. Later that same year, Blazing Star Lodge No. 74, Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut voted to merge with Montgomery Lodge. Hence, the majority of the membership of Montgomery Lodge consists of Brothers from the towns of Salisbury, Sharon and Cornwall, with others coming from the surrounding communities of Goshen, Torrington, North Canaan, and Canaan, Connecticut as well as from Ashley Falls, Massachusetts and Millerton, New York. 2008 marked the 225th anniversary of Montgomery Lodge No. 13. |
