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Acacia Lodge #94 was first chartered on November 15,
1859 under the Grand Lodge of South Carolina. The
Lodge continued to hold regular communications even
during the onset of the Civil War. During
General Sherman's famous "March to the Sea" in early
1865, his army set fire to the city of Columbia, SC
on February 17 and all the Lodge records to that
time were subsequently destroyed.
Ever steadfast in the member's desire to continue
the fraternal order in Columbia, just 68 days
following the city's destruction, Acacia Lodge #94
was reopened for regular communications on April,
27, 1865 with WM Robert McDougall presiding over
the meeting held on the campus of the University of
South Carolina. Like
the mythical Phoenix, from the ashes of what once
was rose a stronger and more dedicated group of
people who embraced the fraternal concepts embodied
in Freemasonry: friendship. morality, and brotherly
love.
To this day the members of
Acacia Lodge #94 continue to promote these important
fraternal concepts.
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