News – Page 11 – KING OSCAR LODGE No.855

Save the date! 125th Installation of Officers 2023

January 16, 2023 Ask2be1

We are excited to announce the 125th Installation of Officers. Mark your calendars: January 29, 2023 at 1:00 PM at Jefferson Masonic Temple.

Happy New Year Brethren!

January 1, 2023 Ask2be1

Be Safe and May the Blessings of Heaven Be Upon Us!

Newly Appointed Grand Representative from KO

December 28, 2022 Ask2be1

As we’re about to close another fruitful calendar year at KING OSCAR LODGE No. 855 A.F. & A.M. , let’s give it up for our current Senior Deacon, Wors. Bro. Adam Miranda, for his new title as Right Worshipful for having being appointed as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of Illinois. Congrats & Safe Travels!

Happy Winter Solstice!

December 21, 2022 Ask2be1

Warmest Holiday Wishes

December 18, 2022 Ask2be1

4 New MMs in December!

December 10, 2022 Ask2be1

Excellent work at KING OSCAR LODGE No. 855 A.F. & A.M. on Friday, December 9, for our only and last stated meeting of 2022. We are proud to have added 4 newly raised Master Masons to the rosters who are enthusiastic about joining the overseers of the work! Congrats to them and thanks to all participants for another good and …

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.