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The Hiram Award is given a Brother Mason in recognition of service to the fraternity or mankind in general. It is intended for a Brother who, year after year, displays his devotion without receiving special recognition or special honor. Every Lodge has many such members. They are the living cement that binds our fraternity into a Brotherhood. You can find them at labor in kitchens, the coaching rooms, the committees, his church and community helping his fellowman, anywhere a true and steady Hand of assistance is needed. Below is a list of those brothers so honored by this Lodge for their dedicated service to our Lodge, Masonry in general and mankind.
Hiram Abif was a Grand Master who was sent to Jerusalem to work on the construction of the Temple of Soloman by the King of Tyre. He was killed because he refused to reveal the holy secrets with which he was entrusted. Having been assaulted in the Temple by three assailants he was asked would he reveal the secrets entrusted to him. He replied no, as i cannot reveal the secrets without the other two people who know them present. They killed him and buried him under an acacia. He was found by his followers and may have been buried close to the holy centre of the Temple of Jerusalem. |
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