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| DURING THE CIVIL WAR, BRO. DELANY WAS PROMOTED TO THE THE RANK OF MAJOR IN THE REGULAR U.S. ARMY. HE WAS THE FIRST AFRO-AMERICAN AND PRINCE HALL MASON TO ACHIEVE THE RANK OF OFFICER. |
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| THE 54TH MASSACHUSETT AND THE 26TH USCT HAD MILLITARY CHARTERS FROM THE PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE TO HOLD LODGE MEETINGS. MANY OF THE WHITE OFFICERS OF THESE REGEMENTS WERE ALSO FREEMASONS. THE PRINCE HALL FREEMASON BOUGHT FROM THEM MASONIC PINS SO THAT IF THEY WERE TO DIE, THEY WOULD HAVE MASONIC BURIAL. |
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| IN 1870, BRO. HIRAM R. REVELS, ( R-MISS. ) BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEMBER OF THE US SENATE WHEN HE WAS SWORN IN TO SERVE OUT THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. A PRINCE HALL FREEMASON, HE SERVED AS GRAND CHAPLAIN OF THE PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE OF OHIO. AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR HE HELPED ORGANIZE THE FIRST TWO U.S.C.T. REGIMENTS IN MARYLAND. HE ALSO SERVED AS CHAPLAIN OF ONE OF THESE REGIMENTS. HE DIED JANUARY 16, 1901 |
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