Sunday, October 5
4:00 pm Albert Pike Memorial Vesper Service, St. John’s
Church, Lafayette Square, conducted by Dr. W. Kenneth Lyons Jr., 33, Assistant
Grand Chaplain
Speaker: Bishop Carl J. Sanders, 33, Grand Cross, Grand
Chaplain
Reception following at the House of the Temple, 1733
16th Street, NW, Washington, DC; transportation available
Monday, October 6
8:00 am Registration, Atrium, House of the Temple: dark suit and cap
9:00 am Opening Session and Roll Call of The Supreme Council
Temple Room
Address of Welcome by M.W. Robert F. Drechsler, 33, Grand
Master, Grand Lodge of Washington, D.C.
Introduction of Grand Masters & other guests by John
E. Moyers, 33, Grand Master of Ceremonies and S.G.I.G. in Kentucky
Welcome by Ill. Robert L. Goldsmith, 33, Grand Orator
and S.G.I.G. in Florida
Report by William G. Sizemore, 33, Grand Cross, Grand
Executive Director
Committee Reports
Presentation of Allocution by Sovereign Grand Commander
C. Fred Kleinknecht, 33
11:30 am Executive Session, Executive Chamber, House of
the Temple
Election of Knights Commander of the Court of Honour
& 33 Inspectors General Honorary
12:00 pm Luncheon in Banquet Hall, House of the Temple
12:30 pm Tours, FDR/Korean War Memorials
1:30 pm General Session, Temple Room
Roll Call of Supreme Councils and Masonic Grand Bodies
with whom The Supreme Council exchanges Representatives
Tribute to the Illustrious Dead by Ill. William M. Hutcheson,
33, First Grand Equerry, Chairman of Committee on Obituaries & S.G.I.G.
in Georgia
Committee Reports continued
8:30 pm Entertainment “Celebrating the Cadence of America: A Musical Tribute to Bros. Burl Ives and John Philip Sousa” at the Washington, D.C., Scottish Rite Temple, 2800 16th Street, transportation available from Capital Hilton Hotel, tickets required due to limited seating: black tie preferred.
Tuesday, October 7
8:30 am Tours, Mt. Vernon or points of interest in Washington, D.C.
9:00 am Executive Session, Executive Chamber, House of the Temple
11:00 am Scottish Rite Research Society Executive Board Meeting Grand Executive Director’s Office
1:00 pm Scottish Rite Research Society General Membership Meeting Temple Room
3:30 pm Conferral Ceremony for Thirty-third Degree Elects
Scottish Rite Temple of Washington, D.C., transportation available from
Capital Hilton Hotel, Elects, black tie; Observers, dark suit & cap
Closing of The Supreme Council, 33
7:00 pm Biennial Gala Banquet, Capital Hilton Hotel: black
tie