Unity Day was held at the Grand Lodge of NY. Also in attendance was the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, the Grand Lodge of Connecticut and The Grand Lodge of Delaware. Approximately 700 Brethren were in attendance! Of all the Brethren in attendance approx. 238 were from NJ Lodges! Hooray for NJ Lodges! Thank you Grand Lodge of NY for hosting this wonderful event! Dare I say the First Annual Unity Day?
Breakfast at the Grand Lodge of NY. Brethren milling around prior to attempting to get something to eat.
Breakfast at the Grand Lodge of NY. It seems, unfortunately, that the caterer had a flat tire while enroute to the building.
Breakfast at the Grand Lodge of NY. The caterer did make it but was late so we had to “eat and run”. But the food was good.
Scanned the room while we were awaiting for the degrees to begin. Grand Lodge of CT did an opening, NJ did an EA degree, PA did the FC degree, DE did 1st half of the MM degree and NY wrapped things up doing the 2nd half of the MM degree in costume.
A photo in their lodge room while waiting for things to begin. It was a gloriously beautiful room.
The room was packed on two levels.
A group photo. We were told that approximately 700 were in attendance!
A closeup of the group photo. WB John Megariotis, DB Jack Cajio, and WB Rich Abdill were front row.
Another closeup with DB Jack Cajio giving a thumbs-up.
Another closeup of some of the others in attendance with Bro. Clark Lozano of Burlington Lodge #32 at the podium. These group photos were taken at the end of the day.
And another closeup of the crew. There were brethren from the Grand Lodges of NY, NJ, PA, DE and CT. It was an absolutely wonderful day. Hopefully, this will be an annual tradition spread amongst the various Grand Lodges.
The group photos are courtesy Brother Jeff Storer, SW. He took the photos from the balcony area and had a Birdseye view of the goings-on.
The first set of photos and the video clip are courtesy DB Jack Cajio, Jr.
