2023-2024 GMTG Information
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel?
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How can my lodge get the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel?
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Where is the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel?
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Grand Master's Traveling Gavel - Rules and Regulations
Where is the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel?
The GMTG is currently at Florence #14 which meet 1 & 3 Mon.
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Where has the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel been?
Lodge | Address | Date Obtained | # Visitors | Meet On |
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Florence #14 | 105 West Tombigbee Street, Florence, AL35630 | Oct 8, 2024 | 4 | 1 & 3 Mon |
Killen #788 | 1717 Highway 72, Killen, AL35645 | Oct 7, 2024 | 2 | 2 & 4 Tues |
Florence #14 | 105 West Tombigbee Street, Florence, AL35630 | Sep 23, 2024 | 3 | 1 & 3 Mon |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Sep 16, 2024 | 4 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Florence #14 | 105 West Tombigbee Street, Florence, AL35630 | Aug 26, 2024 | 1 | 1 & 3 Mon |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Aug 19, 2024 | 6 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Florence #14 | 105 West Tombigbee Street, Florence, AL35630 | Aug 12, 2024 | 9 | 1 & 3 Mon |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Jul 23, 2024 | 6 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Leighton #43 | Main Street, Leighton, AL35646 | Jul 19, 2024 | 2 | 2 & 4 Tues |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Jul 15, 2024 | 4 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Jun 4, 2024 | 7 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Haleyville #464 | 1301 10th Avenue, Haleyville, AL35565 | May 23, 2024 | 3 | Ea Tues |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Apr 24, 2024 | 6 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Apollo #921 | 3008 9th Avenue, Huntsville, AL35805 | Apr 11, 2024 | 10 | 2 & 4 Wed |
Solar #914 | 3008 9th Avenue, Huntsville, AL35805 | Mar 25, 2024 | 4 | 2 & 4 Thurs |
Northern #278 | 2435 Old Gurley Pike, New Hope, AL35760 | Mar 19, 2024 | 8 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Helion #1 | 409 Lincoln Street SE(Mail To: P.O. Box 7216, Huntsville, AL 35807), Huntsville, AL35801 | Mar 11, 2024 | 7 | 1 & 3 Tues |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Feb 27, 2024 | 5 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Phil Campbell #880 | 1564 Pike Avenue, Phil Campbell, AL35581 | Feb 13, 2024 | 1 | 1 & 3 Thurs |
Haleyville #464 | 1301 10th Avenue, Haleyville, AL35565 | Feb 12, 2024 | 4 | Ea Tues |
Leighton #43 | Main Street, Leighton, AL35646 | Dec 11, 2023 | 1 | 2 & 4 Tues |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Feb 5, 2024 | 5 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Florence #14 | 105 West Tombigbee Street, Florence, AL35630 | Jan 29, 2024 | 2 | 1 & 3 Mon |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Jan 9, 2024 | 2 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Leighton #43 | Main Street, Leighton, AL35646 | Dec 11, 2023 | 1 | 2 & 4 Tues |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Dec 4, 2023 | 10 | 2 & 4 Mon |
Florence #14 | 105 West Tombigbee Street, Florence, AL35630 | Nov 27, 2023 | 3 | 1 & 3 Mon |
Washington #36 | 207 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL35674 | Nov 21, 2023 | 10 | 2 & 4 Mon |
What is the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel?
The Grand Master's Traveling Gavel (GMTG) is an award passed among Blue Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of Alabama. The lodge that currently holds the GMTG will present the gavel to the Lodge with the most visitors at their next meeting (regular or special), and so forth. The goal is to circulate this gavel to as many lodges as possible, and then present it as a parting gift to the Grand Master at the following year's Grand Lodge Annual Communication. After Grand Lodge's Annual Communication, a new gavel will be placed into circulation and would ultimately be presented to the next Grand Master at the end of his year as the MWGM.
Back to the TopHow can my lodge get the Grand Master's Traveling Gavel?
See the section above, which lists where the GMTG is currently located and their lodge's info. Then, bring the most visitors to their next meeting (stated or special).
Back to the TopRules and Regulations for GMTG:
Reporting:
When your lodge wins the GMTG, you should update the Grand Lodge Website that night, to allow Brethren the chance to plan a trip to come get it.When to give gavel:
Once your Lodge obtains the gavel, it must be given at your next meeting (doesn't matter if it's regular or special). If there are guests present, they get it.Plural Members:
Plural Members may count toward ALL lodges they are members of. If "Brother Jones" is a Member of Lodge A, Lodge B, and Lodge C, then when counting visitors to see who gets the gavel, he may stand and be counted for ALL THREELodges. This is left up to the individual Brother as to how he would like to be counted.
Ties:
In the event there are more than one visiting Lodge, and there is a tie for the Gavel:- If THIS Gavel has previously been awared to one Lodge and not the other, then the Gavel should be awarded to the Lodge who has not previously been awarded it.
- If both of the Lodges HAVE previously been awarded the Gavel, then the one who travelled the FARTHEST to get it, should be awarded the Gavel.