Arlington's Hidden Jewel
-Promoting and demonstrating the living of a moral and righteous life, treating all persons as equals in the sight of God;
-Asserting that it is the privilege and prerogative of every individual to worship God, by whatever name he or she knows the Creator, according to the dictates of his or her own conscience;
-Providing charitable or benevolent assistance where needs are not provided for by civil, secular, or religious programs;
-Promoting patriotic loyalty to the legitimate government under whose jurisdiction an individual lives;
-Encouraging individuals to take an active and impartial part in the civil and political affairs of their community, state, and nation;
-Teaching, by means of ritual or ceremony, without religious or denominational interpretation, ethical truths, honorable virtues, and respectable morality.
History of Mystic Valley Lodge
Mystic Valley Lodge was created in November 2004 through the merger of Hiram Lodge, Russell Lodge and John Abbot Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge. Each of these lodges has a long history in the communities of Arlington, Medford and Somerville.
Hiram Lodge was instituted in 1797, and its members included veterans of the Revolutionary War
