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RECLAIMING PROCLAIMING OUR HISTORY
The MWPHGLMD Honors the Life and Legacy of Supreme Court Associate Justice Bro. Thurgood Marshall at Morgan State University By R.W. Seymour E. Chambers, MPS Grand Historian, MWPHGLMD
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ay 6, 2023, marked another historic day for the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Maryland. By the authority of the Hon. Noel C. Osborne, Sr., Grand Master, the Office of the Grand Lecturer conducted a plaque dedication ceremony at the newly erected Thurgood Marshall Residence & Dining Hall on the campus of Morgan State University. This event was two years in the making but time, patience, and perseverance accomplish all things. The Offices of the Grand Lecturer and Grand Historian worked hand-in-hand to ensure that the ceremony would not only take place, but reflect the solemnity due on such an occasion. The ceremony was a public demonstration of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Maryland and Morgan State University’s long and significant history. During the last century, the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Maryland has laid seven cornerstones on the campus, with Baldwin Hall dormitory being the first in 1929. That cornerstone ceremony was presided over by then Grand Master Willard W. Allen, when the Grand Lodge was the Most Worshipful United Grand Lodge, F. & A.M. The May 6th ceremony began at 11:00 a.m. with Junior Grand Warden, R.W. Randolph S. Smith Sr., serving as the master of ceremonies. The invocation was offered by Bro. Dr. Mark A. Wainwrigt. Dr. Don-Terry Veal, Morgan State University’s Chief of Staff and Vice President
12 The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Maryland - THE LIGHT - June 2023
