Trestleboard
Communications from Mission Lodge No. 169
Trestleboard
The traditional trestleboard contains the blueprints, or plans, relating to how we are to create positive change within our life. Symbology of the traditional trestleboard is taught to the Mason as he progresses through the degrees.
Contemporary use of the public trestleboard equates it to a "newsletter" of the lodge.
The articles below appear in the order they were published on the website. To see the articles in order of most recent first, please visit the individual pages for the East, South, West, Secretary, Tiler, or of any other officer who contributes an article.
The Apron
The apron is the basic badge of the speculative Mason. It is the first symbol explained to a candidate, the first gift given by the lodge, and is the first evidence of admission into the lodge. It indicates a disposition of innocence of the heart. As a badge it is...
Acacia
The acacia, which, in Scripture, is always called Shittah, was esteemed a sacred wood among the Hebrews. Of it Moses was ordered to make the tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, the table for the shewbread, and the rest of the sacred furniture. The acacia, then, has...
Corn, Wine, Oil
We learn in the Fellow Craft Degree that a Mason’s wages are paid in corn, wine and oil. They were the most important products of the Middle East. They constituted the wealth of the people and were esteemed as the supports of life and the means of refreshment....
The Grand Lodge of Virginia
The Grand Lodge of Virginia was established on October 30, 1778. There were nine (9) chartered Lodges known to have been invited to participate in the organization of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The nine Lodges...
Square and Compass
The earth produces all that ministers to the needs, comfort and luxury of man, while the Heavens produce the light and heat that give the procreative and generative agents to allow the earth to produce. The square is adapted for plane surfaces, which the ancients...