A review of our History 1

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 Origin traces back to the Crusades  Organized by Hugh de Payen in 1118  Recognized and sanctioned by Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, and stationed on the site of King Solomon’s Temple 3

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 First bankers of the world  Deposit accounts for later withdrawal  Obedience only to the Pope  Not subject to local civil or ecclesiastical authority  First standing army  Service pledged for life not a campaign 5

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 GM Jacques DeMolay arrested Oct 13, 1307 (a Friday)  Order suppressed by Papal Bull May 6, 1312  DeMolay burned at stake March 14, 1314  Order disappeared or went underground  Many theories try to link Medieval Templars to modern day Templar Freemasons 7

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 August 28, 1769, The Order of the Temple conferred upon Bro. William Davis in St. Andrew’s Chapter, RAM, Boston  1780, Encampment of KT formed in Charleston, SC  1785, NYC, Templars attend St. John’s Day services  Through 1816, knighting and formation of Encampments and Grand Encampments 10

RRepresentatives of MA/RI, NY, PA meet for 9 days June 11-19, 1816 to establish a General Grand Encampment TThe meeting adjourned without any agreement 11

 June 1816 Meeting  Webb reported that there were a number of differences which blocked combination  PA insisted that KT would be subordinate to the Grand Lodge  PA objected to the sequence of degrees and did not wish to recognize Mark Master or Most Excellent Master 12

 June 1816 Meeting  SK Fowle of Boston reported that the biggest issue is the new Masons Hall in PA just constructed at a cost of $100,000  “they have expended their funds and assessed their lodges” About $14,000 is still needed  Grand Lodge receives $11 for each new Royal Arch Mason 13

 June 1816 Meeting  Members pay Grand Lodge a $5 fee to become a Past Master  Grand Lodge was to receive a fee of $15 for each Knight Templar 14

 June 20-21, 1816, The General Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the USA was organized by MA/RI and NY  This second organization meeting was in NYC  Meeting began the day after the PA meeting ended 15

 PA joined April 12, 1854 (a month before Indiana)  Becoming the 10 th Grand Commandery 16

 Various Grand Encampments (State organizations) join with the General Grand Encampment  Names later changed to Grand Commanderies and Grand Encampment  First non-US GC was Philippines in

 Now have 59 Grand Commanderies in the US and around the world  18 Other Countries under the jurisdiction of the GE  Europe, Africa, Asia, and North and South Americas 18

 Templary is unique in that it is the only recognized Masonic Organization that has a world wide governing body in existence for almost 200 years Organization 19

 James MacConnell  Eugene Capobianco  John Bridegroom  Chris Hodapp  Paul Page Bicentennial Committee 20

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 Black & White Ribbons for new Sir Knights  Provided by Grand Encampment in New member package  Or on Knighting day in some cases – special classes 22

 Solid Black Ribbons for current Sir Knights  $25 each  Where to find them 23

 Friday / Saturday July 22 – 23, 2016 in New York City 24

 Party  Guided / Arranged tour of city  Order of Temple in period dress  Special guests  Masonic experts / authors Possible composition 25

 Events across the entire Grand Encampment  Department celebrations?  Use your imagination 26

Time to start the next 200 years 27

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