1st Degree for the youngest 3rd Gen Freemason!

n Friday, July 24, at our second stated meeting of the month we conferred a 1st Degree to our candidate in waiting, the youngest 3rd generation freemason in our roster!

Congrats to Alex Owens who has now joined the bearers of burdens at King Oscar Lodge #855 alongside his brother, father, and grandfather! 3 generations of Freemasons active in our Lodge, a rarity in this day and age! 3 is a charm!

Thank you to all those who attended this midsummer meeting, either on the sidelines or taking an active part in the ceremony.

About the King

King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907, and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905. Oscar II was King during a time when both Sweden and Norway were undergoing a period of industrialization and rapid technological progress. His reign also saw the gradual decline of the Union of Sweden and Norway, which culminated in its dissolution in 1905. He was subsequently succeeded as King of Norway by his grandnephew Prince Carl of Denmark under the regnal name Haakon VII, and as King of Sweden by his eldest son, Gustaf V. Oscar II became King on 18 September 1872, upon the death of his brother, Charles XV. At his accession, he adopted as his motto Brödrafolkens väl / Broderfolkenes Vel ("The Welfare of the Brother Peoples"). While the King, his family and the Royal Court resided mostly in Sweden, Oscar II made the effort of learning to be fluent in Norwegian and from the very beginning realized the essential difficulties in the maintenance of the union between the two countries.

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