Beginning in June and until September, the Lodge will adopt casual Aloha attire for stated meetings and informal gatherings- Aloha shirts and slacks.
With the coming arrival of summer and the season’s warmer weather we find ourselves midyear and still very busy. As respite from our formality, summer is always a more casual season for the Lodge. We use this time to socialize and travel and thereby strengthen our fraternal bonds that unite us into one sacred band or society. As you know, Naval Lodge is dark for the month of July. That means we will not be conferring any degrees or conducting any Masonic formation classes in July. While we still have much work to do, it is important to give the officers a planned rest period and allow the brethren to schedule time for vacations and family outings.
Of course we will be having our July stated meeting followed by out traditional 4th of July party. This year we will be hosting a Chili Cook off for the Lodge’s Independence Day celebration. As part of that celebration we are going to honor our World War veterans—Worshipful Kenny McKendry and Jack Kraus- who attended the California Grand Master’s Operation Greatest Gift visit to the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. We look forward to their impressions and reflections on their journey back east and into the historic past. Thank you to Pat and John Wasson for volunteering to put this Veterans program together.