(by Josiah McMeekin, Albany Advertiser, 5 April 2024)
The Albany Freemason Lodge paid tribute to all those who never returned from war ahead of Anzac Day with a vacant chair ceremony on Tuesday.
About 30 masons attended, as well as visitors from the RSL and broader community.
The vacant chair ceremony is a military and masonic tradition that is more than 100 years old and is usually performed in the weeks before Anzac Day or Remembrance Day in Australia.
The ceremony involves masons carrying an empty chair draped with the Australian flag and a masonic apron through the lodge, stopping at…
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The vacant chair ceremony is a military and masonic tradition that is more than 100 years old and is usually performed in the weeks before Anzac Day or Remembrance Day in Australia.
The ceremony involves masons carrying an empty chair draped with the Australian flag and a masonic apron through the lodge, stopping at…
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