Brothers in service.
Brothers in the Craft.
A Masonic lodge in the Nation's Capital for Master Masons bound by military service, past and present.
Chartered 2006
Freedom Military Lodge No. 1775 holds its charter from, and works under the jurisdiction of, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia.
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Every member of Freedom Military Lodge has worn a uniform. Whatever the service, rank or era, we sit together here as equals, on the level.
Service members come to Washington on orders and leave on orders. This lodge is the constant: a place where a brother is known on his first night and still on the roll after his next move.
Chartered in 2006, Freedom Military Lodge has been dedicated to practicing the Craft in the District of Columbia as one of its premier lodges.
Honor.
Country.
Two traditions, one bearing
The service and the Craft teach the same lessons in different rooms. Each begins with an obligation, freely taken and kept for life. Each trains by repetition, in drill and in ritual, until precision becomes a form of respect for those who stood there before.
Discipline in uniform is self-command under orders; in the lodge it is the work of subduing one's passions and squaring one's actions. Respect runs the same way in both: for the office before the man who holds it, for the flag, and for the brother on either side. Rank is honoured in the ranks and left at the door of the lodge, where every Mason meets on the level.
Both traditions measure a man by what he does for others. A soldier calls it duty; a Mason calls it relief. In this lodge they are one habit.
To unite Master Masons bound by military service, and to keep the bonds of service and of the Craft alive through faithful ritual, Masonic education, and practical relief for our brothers, our veterans and their families.
To be the Masonic home in the Nation's Capital for every brother in uniform, past or present: the lodge a service member finds on his first night in Washington and never loses when he is reassigned.
What we stand on
Brotherhood in service
A standing welcome for any brother on orders to the National Capital Region, and a lodge that keeps in touch after he moves on.
The Craft, done well
Ritual worked with the precision of a drill team, and a program at every communication worth the drive: history, education and the military heritage of Freemasonry.
Relief for those who served
Charity aimed where our members know the need first-hand: veterans, service members in transition, and the families who serve beside them.
In the lodge
The year in our number
In 1775 the Continental Congress raised the Army on 14 June, the Navy on 13 October and the Marines on 10 November. Our lodge number carries that year into every meeting.
The history of each serviceLodge news
All newsOn the calendar
Stated communications are held on the second Wednesday of each month. The lodge is dark in June and July. Next meeting: 9 December 2026.
2027 schedule
Lodge notices, minutes and the trestleboard are published to members only, inside the portal.
On orders to the DC area?
Master Masons in good standing are welcome at any stated communication. Bring your dues card. If you are staying a while, dual and plural affiliation keeps you a member here and at home.
Tell us you're coming Petition for affiliationNot yet a Mason? Speak with a member of the lodge, or ask the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia.