Atlantic Lodge #221 of the Free Accepted Masons of the State of New Jersey operating under the Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons for the State of New Jersey was started in 1921 in the City of Atlantic City, New Jersey and was founded and organized by Brother John Twaddell Frees 18__ - 1971.

The building that housed the lodge from 1921 until 1982 was located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which also housed other lodges, Trinity #79, Belcher #180, Justice Lodge #285 as well as an Order of Eastern Star Chapter and Atlantic Chapter, Order of DeMolay. The lodge was moved to a building that was an Eastern Star Chapter and a Fire House prior to that and is still currently the home of Atlantic Lodge #221 on Bayview Drive in the City of Absecon, New Jersey. We meet the Frst Monday of the month and all who are Master Masons are welcome to attend.

  

New Jersey Freemason History

 

For centuries, millions of men of every race, color, creed, and political persuasion throughout the world have found in the Symbolic Lodges of Freemasonry the light to guide their search for answers to eternal questions: What is the meaning of life? The nature of God and man?

Freemasonry is a system of morality, veiled in allegory, illustrated by symbols. Not a religion but religious in character, it is a philosophy of ethical conduct which imparts moral and social virtues and fosters brotherly love. Its tenets have endured since man turned the first pages of civilization. They embody the understanding by which man can transcend ordinary experience and build "a house not made with hands" in harmony with the Great Architect of the universe.

Yet Freemasonry can never conflict with a man's relationship to God or fellow man. Sectarian religious or partisan political discussion in a lodge is strictly prohibited. Every Mason stands equal among his brothers, regardless of walk of life, and none is turned away for financial need.
The purpose of the Ancient Craft of Freemasonry is to unfold a message where "truth abides in fullness", invoking greater understanding of the inward life and a spirit of fellowship in which every Mason can also lead a better outward life. 

 

The first Lodge in the Colonies was chartered in Boston in 1733, and the first Lodge in New Jersey, St. Johns #1, was chartered on July 3, 1787

 

For more information, contact us online, or in New Jersey, telephone 1-800-792-8690.

   

Atlantic Lodge's Founder

Brother John Twaddell Frees