The North Carolina Mason

July/August 2017 The North Carolina Mason Page 13 Friday, Oct. 13 Event Location 7:30 a.m. to Chip Shots Golf Tourney Kerr Lake CC - Henderson, NC mid-afternoon Noon-6 p.m. BBQ Registration/Teams Arrive/Set-Up "The Pit" at MHCO 5-8 p.m. Andrew Jackson Lodge Stew Sale "The Pit" at MHCO 6-8 p.m. Food, Dessert and Drink Concessions Open "The Pit" at MHCO 7-9:30 p.m. Music –Tim Cifers "The Pit" Stage 6 p.m. BBQ Contest - Cooks Meeting Gymnasium at MHCO 6-8 p.m. Museum Open – Reception Cobb Center – Galleries 9:30 p.m. Campus Closed - "The Pit" Closed - Parking Closed** ** Only Those Registered BBQ Team Individuals Will Be Allowed To Remain On Campus With Cooking Teams and Only With An Armband. Saturday, Oct. 14 Event Location 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Cottage Sales (Coffee and Doughnuts) MHCO Main Campus 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Cottage Sales (Merchandise and Snack Items) 8 a.m.-9 a.m. Orphans Lodge – Open To All Master Masons Masonic Center - MHCO 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Information Booth/First Aid/Volunteer Check-In Near Main Stage at St. John's 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Pre-Registration Pick-Up For Alumni Front of Cobb Center 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Alumni Registration Cobb Center at Dunn Cottage 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Museum Open Cobb Center 9:30 a.m. Opening and Welcome Main Stage at St. John's 9:45 a.m. MHCO Homecoming Parade 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Gaming Unplugged Mobile Game Theater MHCO Campus 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Ragland Production Inflatables MHCO Campus 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Ted's Twisted Balloons MHCO Campus 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Scrap Exchange Creative Time MHCO Campus 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sudan Choo Choo MHCO Campus 9-9:45 a.m. BBQ Turn-In/Judging St. John's Building Alcove 11 a.m.-1 p.m. "The Pit" Opens For Public Service "The Pit" at MHCO 11 a.m. Announcement Homecoming Court/Queen Main Stage at St. John's TBD Announcement of BBQ Contest Winners "The Pit" at MHCO 11 a.m.-1pm Lunch - Under The Oaks MHCO Campus Noon-1:30 p.m. Entertainment –Jim Quick and Coastline Main Stage at St. John's 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Open House Tours –Cottage (Shuttle provided) TBA 1-3 p.m. Open House Tours –School of Graphic Arts School of Graphic Arts 3 p.m. Campus Closed 6-8 p.m. Alumni Roast MHCO Cafeteria 8 p.m.-Midnight Homecoming Alumni Dance Granville County Shrine Club Sunday, Oct. 15 Event Location 10 a.m. Worship Service York Rite Chapel 11 a.m. OOAA Annual Business Meeting York Rite Chapel Noon-1:30 p.m. Sunday Lunch Under The Oaks Picnic Shelter Noon-2p.m. Museum Open Cobb Center 2 p.m. End of Masonic Homecoming Festival 2017 7th Annual Masonic Homecoming Festival Schedule of Events By Michael Verville Eagle #19 Hillsborough's Eagle #19 has a remarkable history more than 200 years in the making. at was the takeaway from RWB Speed Hall- man's "Masonic History of Hills- borough Tour" on May 27. e Deputy Grand Master led a group of 20, half of whom were curious citizens with no Masonic affiliations, on a leisurely stroll down King Street. Along the way he talked about the obvious and hidden Masonic history all around the historic and charming downtown. e Hillsborough Visitors Center/Alexander Dickson House, for example, was once the meeting point for Confederate generals and civilian leaders, including Free- masons Gov. Zebulon Vance and UNC President David Swain. ere they discussed a peaceful end to the Civil War in North Carolina with Confederate Gen. Joseph E. John- ston as he prepared to negotiate terms of surrender with Union Gen. William T. Sherman. Several prominent Hillsborough Masons served North Carolina during the War for American Independence, including William Hooper, who was one of three of the state's signers of the Declara- tion of Independence. Hooper and several other Freemasons are buried in the Old Town Cemetery, estab- lished 1757. Many delegates to the Constitu- tional Convention of 1788 were also members of Masonic lodges. At that meeting, held in Hillsborough at a time when there was not yet a fixed state capital, leaders called for a Bill of Rights to be included in the new U.S. Constitution before they would vote to ratify the document. Several Eagle members played defining roles in the founding of UNC, including James Hogg, who was a member of the first board of trustees; the university's first president, Joseph Caldwell; and Matthew and William McCauley, brothers who donated 250 acres for the first publicly supported University in the nascent country. e McCauley brothers were also present with William R. Davie when he laid the cornerstone of UNC on Oct. 12, 1793. e tour ended with a discussion of one of Eagle's past masters, the prominent operative and specula- tive Mason, John Berry, and a tour of one of his most stunning brick edifices, Eagle Lodge (c. 1823- 1824). Berry also served in state and local government and built many of his era's finest public and private buildings in the region. e tour was a partnership between the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Eagle Lodge, with half of all proceeds supporting ongoing preservation of the efforts of the lodge building through the Historic Eagle Lodge Foundation. Walking through town's historical ties to Masonry DGM Speed Hallman leads a Masonic history tour of Hillsborough.

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