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Photographer: Michael Herrick
Taken: September 24, 2009
Caption: David Wooster Monument
Additional Description: [ West face ]
Brother David Wooster Impressed while a stranger in a foreign land with the necessity of some tie that should unite all mankind in a Universal Brotherhood. He returned to his native country and procured from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mass. a Charter and first introduced into Connecticut that Light which has warmed the widows’ hearts and illumined the orphans pathway. Under this Charter in 1750 Hiram Lodge No. 1 of New Haven was organized of which he was the first Worshipful Master. Grateful for his services as the Master Builder of their oldest temple for his fidelity as a brother and his renown as a patriot and a soldier. The Free and Accepted Masons have united with his native state & the citizens of Danbury in rearing and consecrating this Monument to his memory.
Erected at Danbury, April 27, A.L. 5854,
A.D. 1854, David Clark Grand Master.
Submitted: October 7, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
Database Locator Identification Number: p79705
File Size: 0.307 Megabytes

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