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PRINTER'S NO. 3246
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
795
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY MEHAFFIE, M. K. KELLER, NEILSON, BIZZARRO, JAMES,
READSHAW, HENNESSEY, O'NEILL, CALTAGIRONE, SONNEY, DUSH,
MILLARD, DiGIROLAMO, MALONEY, DIAMOND, GILLESPIE, THOMAS,
HEFFLEY, SAYLOR, MASSER, BARRAR, SCHWEYER, MARSHALL AND
DeLUCA, APRIL 4, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 4, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the 200th anniversary of Perseverance Royal Arch
Chapter No. 21.
WHEREAS, In 1818, several Past Masters of Perseverance Lodge
No. 21 of Free and Accepted Masons, located in Harrisburg,
requested a Warrant of Constitution to form a Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons; and
WHEREAS, The request was granted and Perseverance Royal Arch
Chapter No. 21 was warranted for the purpose of conferring the
degrees of Royal Arch Masonry on good and worthy brethren; and
WHEREAS, In April 1818, the first meeting of Perseverance
Royal Arch Chapter No. 21 was held in Harrisburg; and
WHEREAS, Since that time, the work of Perseverance Royal Arch
Chapter No. 21 has continued even in the face of adversity
through the anti-Masonic period; and
WHEREAS, Some of our nation's greatest patriots, elected
officials and dignitaries were members or visitors of the
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Perseverance Royal Arch Chapter No. 21, including the great
American Revolutionary War General Marquis de Lafayette; and
WHEREAS, Perseverance Royal Arch Chapter No. 21 has carried
out the purpose and goals of Royal Arch Masonry for 200 years,
through fraternalism and charitable undertakings; and
WHEREAS, Perseverance Royal Arch Chapter No. 21 is one of the
oldest chapters in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the granting of
the Warrant of Constitution for Perseverance Royal Arch Chapter
No. 21; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the
brethren of Perseverance Royal Arch Chapter No. 21.
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