Good Afternoon Brethren:

We welcome you to this edition of your Valley News Update:

Our Thrice Potent Master, Sublime Prince Christopher Titus, HGA, requests your attendance on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at our Stated Meeting. He has spent much time and effort to bring out Valley this educational opportunity. All of us will be able to hear and see and for some the first time our Supreme Council Library and Museum. Below and attached is additional information regarding this program.

200 Years of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in 33 Objects” is an introduction to the history of the Scottish Rite in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction told using artifacts, documents, and images from the collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library in Lexington, Massachusetts. The presentation will touch on the roots of the Scottish Rite in New York in the 1760s, the founding of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction in 1813, the introduction of theater-style ritual in the late 1800s, the expansion of membership in the twentieth century, and the Statement of Unity signed in 2022. Along the way, the audience will learn about some of the people and events that have shaped Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction over two centuries.

Hilary Anderson Stelling is the Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.