Yankee Doodle Days 2014

Another year is in the books for Grand Ledge Yankee Doodle Days and for us at the Masonic Lodge in Grand Ledge.  For the past few years we have been asked to provide the food at the beer tent here in town.  So as usual we set up our booth in the back of the […]

Masonic Lodge and Star Work Together

Well we finally did it. The lodge and star had our first pasty dinner together. As the lodge we needed more worker and the star was looking for a fundraiser. I can only say from my point of view from being in the kitchen, it ran so much smoother this time. I think this is […]

Great Pasty Dinner

So its been a while since I have been able to post and figured I would get back at it. Between going to military schools, work and computer issues I finally have some much needed free time to be able to get back at this. To start off I just wanted to say thanks to […]

Thanksgiving Community Dinner

For the past five years the lodge has been the location for the community Thanksgiving Day meal. This year they served around 700 meals at no cost to anyone that wanted or needed a meal. People could just show up and have a place to have a nice meal. We have everyone from college kids […]

Masonic Christmas Party

December 1st we held our Christmas party at the lodge. Friends, family, neighbors and all our brothers and sisters in the lodge were invited. This year we had a very nice turn out. Overall we had more than 70 people there. Before Santa came down Mrs. Claus read a story to the children and then […]

Past Masters / Honors Night

This past Wednesday night we took time to honor our Past Masters of the lodge and to award all of the legacy awards for those that have been in the lodge for more than 25 years. We had about 34 people there at the dinner and even a couple of visitors. It was great to […]

Hunters Night at the Lodge

Wednesday we had our regular meeting and the theme was hunters night due to the upcoming deer season. Most of the brothers dressed up in their hunting garb. We had a makeshift campfire, fully decked out with burning sterno cans. We do what we can. Worthy Brother Craig Mason from Grand Lodge was invited to […]

Lodge Activities Over the Summer

Yankee Doodle Days The Masons here in Grand Ledge have been asked over the last couple of years to assist in the Yankee Doodle Days here in town to help run the beer tent and provide food and support. We had a very successful year this summer. We had a couple candidates come out of […]

Grand Ledge Color Cruise

Fall is here and the trees are changing, what better time to see it than a ride down the river on a paddle boat. There is everything from food, crafts, exhibits and even horse drawn wagon rides. There will be crafts and artwork in the basement of the Masonic lodge so feel free to stop […]

Grand Ledge Lodge 179 Pasty Dinner

GRAND LEDGE, Mich. — Fall has officially arrived in Michigan which means that the weather will start to cool off, the leaves will start to change, and warm dishes sound more delicious. To get into the spirit of fall, the Grand Ledge Lodge 179 will be hosting a Pasty Dinner on Friday, October 18 from 5PM […]