Olive Branch Meeting, April 13, 2024

We Meet Saturday, April 13, 2024.  Lodge and Fellowship Hall set up around 10 am.  Meeting to be at or after Noon.

This meeting will see our DDGM (and Olive Branch Member) Juan Mendoza, Jr. conducting his official visit.

Please schedule to attend.

Update Your Grandview Records!

Gentlemen, PLEASE make sure that your personal information is up to date on the Grand Lodge of Texas website.

Please go to  https://grandlodgeoftexas.org/ and click on Member Portal; or click this link: https://tx.grandview.systems/users/sign_in

Select “My Profile” and update your contact information, and any other information required.  

December Newsletter for January Meeting

OLIVE BRANCH LODGE NEWS

Our Next meeting will be January13, 2024.  Watch here for more details and information on our Golden Trowel Presentation.

2024 ANNUAL COMMUNICATION

The Annual Communication for the Grand Lodge of Texas is scheduled for January 18-20, 2024. Registration opened November 1st, 2023, and members can register through their member portal. If you encounter difficulties registering, please call the Grand Secretary’s Office.

Stephen Austin’s Return, SAN FELIPE v. CORREO, Austin’s Speech and a Synopsis of Revolution

Jim Muller presented a history presentation at the luncheon for our October 14, 2023, meeting.  He read two articles from the San Felipe Telegraph and Texas Register which are reproduced here as they were originally published.

Brother Muller reported that in October of 1835 the first shots of the Texas Revolution occurred when the Texas Navy captured a Mexican navel vessel during the first open conflict of the Texas Revolution.

Here is the story of this part of the presentation. In August 1835, the schooner San Felipe was sent from New Orleans to Brazoria, heavily armed and loaded with munitions meant for Texas revolutionaries. Also on board was Stephen F. Austin, just released from his imprisonment in Mexico. His presence was no coincidence, as Austin's ordeal had convinced him that peace with Mexico was hopeless. He was now committed to the revolutionary cause.

On September 1, Austin, his fellow passengers, and most of the cargo had been transferred to a steamer, the Laura, by the time the San Felipe was approached by the Mexican ship Correo. Both ships made clear their intentions to board and capture the other. Heavy cannon and rifle fire was exchanged for about an hour, with the Correo getting the worst of it. The next morning, pursued by both the San Felipe and the Laura, the Correo was forced to surrender.  For a time, the San Felipe's victory cleared the Texas coast of the Mexican naval presence, thus allowing arms and volunteers from the United States to move unimpeded into Texas.

Next Meeting: October 14, 2023

Our next stated meeting will be held October 14, 2023.  

A visit from our DDGM is expected.

Watch here for further information.

Olive Branch July Installation, Meeting July 8 2023

Installation meeting of Olive Branch Lodge No. 26 will be held Saturday, July 8, 2023.  

A meal will be served at 11 am.  

October 2022, Newsletter

The San Felipe Olive Branch, a Lodge of Union, Newsletter is now available.

This month:

• PWM Jim Muller's wife Debbie Muller has passed away.

• DDGM visit Saturday, October 8th
• Texas History for October