Participating in the MLK Day Parade

Arthur King • January 3, 2020

To the Prince Hall Masonic Family, For years I have heard the question asked about marching in the Martin Luther King, Jr.(MLK) Day Parade. Well, thanks to the Worshipful Grand Director of Community Relations and Government Affairs Willie Bennett and his committee, the time is here!

We will be participating in the 39th MLK Day Parade Monday, January 20, 2020. The starting point will be Anacostia Park and the ending point is St. Elizabeth campus. I am requesting as many as possible to participate to show our changing city that our Masonic family is still here and committed to our community.
The D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Parade was conceived in 1977 by the late Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, founder of The Washington Informer and co-founder of the United Black Fund, along with his wife, the late Ward 8 Councilmember Wilhelmina J. Rolark, Esq., and the late Ralph “Petey” Greene, a community activist and radio personality. Thanks to these three renowned civic leaders, the District of Columbia was one of the first jurisdictions in the nation to hold a parade honoring Dr. King following his untimely death on April 4, 1968. It helped in the effort to establish a national holiday in Dr. King’s honor and today it reinforces the work being done by government agencies, community non-profit organizations and private citizens to promote peace and non-violence locally and around the world.
The parade began in 1979, six years before Kings’s birthday became a federal holiday. Across the nation and the world, Dr. King’s life and legacy is commemorated by a day of service and promoted as "A Day On and Not a Day Off". The Martin Luther King Jr. Parade symbolizes the need to continue Dr. King’s work and reinforces the idea reflected in his words, “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” Those who believe in Dr. King’s message are considered members of the Coalition for Peace and are invited to join the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parade every year.
Please see the attached flyer for more information and distribution. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Willie H. Bennett, Jr., WGDOCR Phone: (301) 318-3962 Email: wbwbennett8@gmail.com or Thomas Byrd, WGDOPR Phone: (240) 375-3705 Email: thomas.byrd@yahoo.com.
This is also being sent to the members of the Order of the Eastern Star for their information. Just in case you wanted to come out and cheer us on!!
MWGM Quincy G. Gant

March 6, 2024
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November 6, 2023
TO: ALL GRAND LODGE OFFICERS, ELECTED AND APPOINTED, PRESENT AND PAST, WORSHIPFUL MASTERS, WARDENS, PAST MASTERS, AND BRETHREN OF THE WARRANTED LODGES OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Greetings: Know ye that pursuant to Article V, Section I, of the Corpus Juris of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of the Distric.:t of Columbia. and by the authority in me vested as Most Worshipful Grand Master, that I, Anthony B. Corbitt, Most Worshipful Grand Master, hereby and herein summon the Craft to convene for the 174th Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia, December 13th , l4th and l51h , 2023. On December 13, 2023, the session will begin at 8:00 AM, and on December 14th and 15th, 2023 the session will open at 9:00 AM at the Masonic Temple, I 000 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, for The purpose of reviewing the state of the Craft, and to transact such business as may regularly and constitutionally be brought before it. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PROCLAMATION | CLICK HERE TO VIEW SCHEDULE
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