HIRAM UNITED SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE

Hiram United Sovereign Grand Lodge History Hiram Sovereign Grand Lodge, Inc., was organized in August 1927 in Selma, Alabama and was headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The organization went through a leadership change in March 1995 and for the first time in 44 years a new Sovereign Grand Master was elected. Hiram United Grand Lodge was organized through group discussion in the month of October 1994 The group was then led by Ill. Jacob Oneal and Most/Ill. Mattie T. Cohen of Columbus Georgia. That group approached Sov/Ill. L.W. Myers, Jr., a Masonic Juris on the legality and constitutionality of such an organization. After a week of research, Sov/Ill. Myers, informed the group of the requirements of such an undertaking. Most of the members of this group were members of Modern Free, Travelers Masonic Jurisdiction, Reformed Universal Masonic Jurisdiction, and United National Masonic Jurisdiction who felt the basic principles of masonry were not being followed in their organizations...

Also known as: Hiram Sovereign Grand Lodge, Inc.

Primary location: Columbus United States