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GRAND LODGE IN GRAND MOUND
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The Freemasons are members of a Fraternal Organization dedicated to making good men better and thereby making the community better.

Vir-ON-Du Lodge No. #2691 was Chartered July 24th, 1916 at Manetteville (once known as East Bremerton), in Kitsap County by Bros. P. Kahn, Al Mond, and Walt Nutt. They originally considered naming the Lodge Mosaic, Trowel and Utopia. They settled on Vir-ON-Du to indicate that it would always be firm and constant in teaching the Masonic principles of virtue, honor and duty.

One of the things that is peculiar to this Lodge is that all Masonic Ritual work was taught "mouth to ear" in as much as ciphers did not exist in the early days, or were forbidden to be used, and was done in the "boiler room". This practice has changed over the years but there are still 2 chairs sitting next to the boiler as a symbolic reminder of their "Roots". Please note that "mouth to ear" was practiced in every Lodge BUT not in such an interesting place.

The Town of Manetteville took its name from the first steam boat that used its new wharf on Washington Narrows opposite Bremerton. In the early days Masons from the "Bremerton side" had to catch a ferry across to the "Manetteville side" in order to attend Lodge. This as the standard routine until the Manetteville Bridge was built. If you missed the 10:00 PM Ferry you were stranded.