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SUMMARY:Coffee, Homemade Donuts and The Craft
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Bro. Sam BakerMessage from the HostBrethren,\nPlease join us for 
 a relaxed morning of Coffee & Donuts and Fellowship on Saturday, March 
 28th, from 8:30–9:30 a.m., in the Lodge Dining Room -RW Henry Paddack Hall.
  Our donuts will be baked fresh in-house, and brethren are welcome to come 
 and go as their schedule permits.\nThe video presentation and informal disc
 ussion will be led by Bro. Samuel Baker.\nSaturday’s theme:\nUnion Lodge Hi
 storical Series No. 1: Founding & the Quaker Tension (1771-1775)\nPrese
 ntation Summary: This session explores the audacious founding of Union Lodg
 e on a Quaker whaling island on the eve of the Revolution: the six seafarin
 g petitioners who sparked a brotherhood, the explosive growth from six memb
 ers to sixty-five within a single year, and the collision between Masonic f
 raternity and Quaker discipline that helped define Nantucket’s culture for 
 generations.\nPlease note that this informal fellowship gathering is for Ma
 ster Masons and the Lodge's Candidates only.\nWe look forward to sharing go
 od coffee, good conversation, and the Light of Brotherhood with you.\nFutur
 e presentation dates and topics...\nSaturday, April 04, 2026\n8:30am-9:30am
 \nUnion Lodge World War II Series No. 2: Freemasons in China\nPresentation 
 Summary: This session explores the expansive Masonic presence across Shangh
 ai and the treaty ports; the lodges that went dark under Japanese occupatio
 n; and the role Freemasonry played in wartime Chungking alongside the OSS a
 nd Allied forces, including the Masonic career of Flying Tigers commander C
 laire Lee Chennault and his postwar founding of Civil Air Transport, the CI
 A’s covert airline.\nSaturday, April 18, 2026\n8:30am-9:30am\nUnion Lodge H
 istorical Series No. 2: Revolution & Impossible Neutrality (1775-1783)\
 nPresentation Summary: This session explores Nantucket’s bold attempt to ne
 gotiate neutrality with both the Continental Congress and the British Crown
 ; the near-total destruction of the island’s 150-vessel whaling fleet and t
 he starvation winter that followed; and the story of Union Lodge, orphaned 
 by a silent Grand Lodge, toasting George Washington while its first Master 
 quietly sided with the King. It concludes with the two Franklin cousins, a 
 Loyalist cartographer and a wartime profiteer, whose clashing choices revea
 l what the Revolution demanded of a Quaker island that wanted no part of it
 .\nPlease note that this informal fellowship gathering is for Master Masons
  and the Lodge's Candidates only.\nWe look forward to sharing good coffee, 
 good conversation, and the Light of Brotherhood with you. \n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div><div class="font-futura-medium text-lg text-gray-700 tracking-wide">Ho
 sted by<span>&nbsp;</span>Bro. Sam Baker</div></div><div><div class="font-f
 utura-medium text-lg text-gray-700 tracking-wide">Message from the Host</di
 v><div class="font-normal font-sans text-sm text-gray-700 leading-7 relativ
 e"><div class="read-more wysiwyg-list wysiwyg-base h-auto transition-all ma
 x-height: 420px"><p>Brethren,</p><p>Please join us for a relaxed morning of
 <span>&nbsp;</span><strong>Coffee &amp; Donuts and Fellowship</strong><span
 >&nbsp;</span>on<span>&nbsp;</span><strong>Saturday, March 28th</strong>, f
 rom<span>&nbsp;</span><strong>8:30–9:30 a.m.</strong>, in the Lodge Dining 
 Room -RW Henry Paddack Hall. Our donuts will be<span>&nbsp;</span><strong>b
 aked fresh in-house</strong>, and brethren are welcome to<span>&nbsp;</span
 ><strong>come and go as their schedule permits</strong>.</p><p>The video pr
 esentation and informal discussion will be led by Bro. Samuel Baker.</p><p>
 Saturday’s theme:</p><p><strong>Union Lodge Historical Series No. 1: Foundi
 ng &amp; the Quaker Tension (1771-1775)</strong></p><p>Presentation Summary
 : This session explores the audacious founding of Union Lodge on a Quaker w
 haling island on the eve of the Revolution: the six seafaring petitioners w
 ho sparked a brotherhood, the explosive growth from six members to sixty-fi
 ve within a single year, and the collision between Masonic fraternity and Q
 uaker discipline that helped define Nantucket’s culture for generations.</p
 ><p>Please note that this informal fellowship gathering is for Master Mason
 s and the Lodge's Candidates only.</p><p>We look forward to sharing good co
 ffee, good conversation, and the Light of Brotherhood with you.</p><p><stro
 ng><em>Future presentation dates and topics...</em></strong></p><p><strong>
 Saturday, April 04, 2026</strong></p><p>8:30am-9:30am</p><p><strong>Union L
 odge World War II Series No. 2: Freemasons in China</strong></p><p>Presenta
 tion Summary: This session explores the expansive Masonic presence across S
 hanghai and the treaty ports; the lodges that went dark under Japanese occu
 pation; and the role Freemasonry played in wartime Chungking alongside the 
 OSS and Allied forces, including the Masonic career of Flying Tigers comman
 der Claire Lee Chennault and his postwar founding of Civil Air Transport, t
 he CIA’s covert airline.</p><p><strong>Saturday, April 18, 2026</strong></p
 ><p><strong></strong>8:30am-9:30am</p><p><strong>Union Lodge Historical Ser
 ies No. 2: Revolution &amp; Impossible Neutrality (1775-1783)</strong></p><
 p>Presentation Summary: This session explores Nantucket’s bold attempt to n
 egotiate neutrality with both the Continental Congress and the British Crow
 n; the near-total destruction of the island’s 150-vessel whaling fleet and 
 the starvation winter that followed; and the story of Union Lodge, orphaned
  by a silent Grand Lodge, toasting George Washington while its first Master
  quietly sided with the King. It concludes with the two Franklin cousins, a
  Loyalist cartographer and a wartime profiteer, whose clashing choices reve
 al what the Revolution demanded of a Quaker island that wanted no part of i
 t.</p><p>Please note that this informal fellowship gathering is for Master 
 Masons and the Lodge's Candidates only.</p><p>We look forward to sharing go
 od coffee, good conversation, and the Light of Brotherhood with you.&nbsp;<
 /p></div></div></div>
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