The following account is an excerpt from the newly released book, “Freemasonry: A Celebration of the Craft”, edited by John Hamill and Robert Gilbert, with a forward by HRH, the Duke of Kent. The book was prepared to coincide with the 275th anniversary of the first Grand Lodge in England.
With the founding of the premier Grand Lodge in London on June 24, 1717, organized Freemasonry was born.,
The four "Old Lodges" that met at the Goose and Gridiron ale house in St. Paul's Churchyard elected one of their number, Anthony Sayer ("Oldest Master Mason and then Master of a Lodge" ) as Grand Master and agreed to hold a Grand Feast once a year.
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2010 - Volume 24 No 2 - The First Grand Lodge the early years of 'Organized' Freemasonry date back to England in 1717.
