George Washington Bentley died at age 101.
On February 19, 1998 at a reception at the Minnesota Masonic Home, celebrating his 100th Birthday, his prominence was recognized by The Supreme Council who presented him with a Scottish Rite Certificate of Honor. At this point he was the last surviving founding member in the United States of the American Legion.
Born in Montgomery, Minnesota on February 19, 1898, Brother Bentley was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Sunlight Lodge No. 313 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota on June 8, 1929 and served as its Worshipful Master in 1937. He received the Thirty-second Degree of the Scottish Rite on May 18, 1950 and took an active part in the degree conferrals for many years in the Valley of Minneapolis. At the 1989 session of The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite in Washington, D.C., he was elected to the rank and decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour.
Brother Bentley passed on to the Celestial Lodge above on June 4, 1999 at the age of 101 years.
He was interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
War is neither romantic nor glorious, but it creates remarkable sagas. The World War I and American Legion career of Brother George Washington Bentley,32*, Knight Commander of the Court of Honour, is just such a saga. Brother Bentley voluntarily enlisted in the US Army from his hometown of Montgomery, Minnesota on April 18, 1918. The Army put him in the Corps of Engineers because he wanted to "get overseas fast," a wish that came true. He was assigned to accompany War Engineering Equipment shipments by train to the front lines from ports of entry. This was rugged duty and required special abilities.
When Lt Col Theodore Roosevelt called a caucus in Paris March 15-17, 1919 for the purpose of forming what became the American Legion, Brother George attended. Many years later, he served as President of the Society of American Legion Founders in 1981-82. As president, he was one of six surviving founders in the nation and the only survivor in the state of Minnesota. Brother Bentley was the Grand Marshal at the National American Legion Convention in Minneapolis on September 4, 1994.
Source: Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Minneapolis Valley
Posted 8 Mar 2014 Glenn D Kiecker Historian MN Cataract Masonic Lodge #2
Military Information: SGT, US ARMY
On February 19, 1998 at a reception at the Minnesota Masonic Home, celebrating his 100th Birthday, his prominence was recognized by The Supreme Council who presented him with a Scottish Rite Certificate of Honor. At this point he was the last surviving founding member in the United States of the American Legion.
Born in Montgomery, Minnesota on February 19, 1898, Brother Bentley was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Sunlight Lodge No. 313 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota on June 8, 1929 and served as its Worshipful Master in 1937. He received the Thirty-second Degree of the Scottish Rite on May 18, 1950 and took an active part in the degree conferrals for many years in the Valley of Minneapolis. At the 1989 session of The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite in Washington, D.C., he was elected to the rank and decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour.
Brother Bentley passed on to the Celestial Lodge above on June 4, 1999 at the age of 101 years.
He was interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
War is neither romantic nor glorious, but it creates remarkable sagas. The World War I and American Legion career of Brother George Washington Bentley,32*, Knight Commander of the Court of Honour, is just such a saga. Brother Bentley voluntarily enlisted in the US Army from his hometown of Montgomery, Minnesota on April 18, 1918. The Army put him in the Corps of Engineers because he wanted to "get overseas fast," a wish that came true. He was assigned to accompany War Engineering Equipment shipments by train to the front lines from ports of entry. This was rugged duty and required special abilities.
When Lt Col Theodore Roosevelt called a caucus in Paris March 15-17, 1919 for the purpose of forming what became the American Legion, Brother George attended. Many years later, he served as President of the Society of American Legion Founders in 1981-82. As president, he was one of six surviving founders in the nation and the only survivor in the state of Minnesota. Brother Bentley was the Grand Marshal at the National American Legion Convention in Minneapolis on September 4, 1994.
Source: Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Minneapolis Valley
Posted 8 Mar 2014 Glenn D Kiecker Historian MN Cataract Masonic Lodge #2
Military Information: SGT, US ARMY
George Washington Bentley died at age 101.
On February 19, 1998 at a reception at the Minnesota Masonic Home, celebrating his 100th Birthday, his prominence was recognized by The Supreme Council who presented him with a Scottish Rite Certificate of Honor. At this point he was the last surviving founding member in the United States of the American Legion.
Born in Montgomery, Minnesota on February 19, 1898, Brother Bentley was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Sunlight Lodge No. 313 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota on June 8, 1929 and served as its Worshipful Master in 1937. He received the Thirty-second Degree of the Scottish Rite on May 18, 1950 and took an active part in the degree conferrals for many years in the Valley of Minneapolis. At the 1989 session of The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite in Washington, D.C., he was elected to the rank and decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour.
Brother Bentley passed on to the Celestial Lodge above on June 4, 1999 at the age of 101 years.
He was interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
War is neither romantic nor glorious, but it creates remarkable sagas. The World War I and American Legion career of Brother George Washington Bentley,32*, Knight Commander of the Court of Honour, is just such a saga. Brother Bentley voluntarily enlisted in the US Army from his hometown of Montgomery, Minnesota on April 18, 1918. The Army put him in the Corps of Engineers because he wanted to "get overseas fast," a wish that came true. He was assigned to accompany War Engineering Equipment shipments by train to the front lines from ports of entry. This was rugged duty and required special abilities.
When Lt Col Theodore Roosevelt called a caucus in Paris March 15-17, 1919 for the purpose of forming what became the American Legion, Brother George attended. Many years later, he served as President of the Society of American Legion Founders in 1981-82. As president, he was one of six surviving founders in the nation and the only survivor in the state of Minnesota. Brother Bentley was the Grand Marshal at the National American Legion Convention in Minneapolis on September 4, 1994.
Source: Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Minneapolis Valley
Posted 8 Mar 2014 Glenn D Kiecker Historian MN Cataract Masonic Lodge #2
Military Information: SGT, US ARMY
On February 19, 1998 at a reception at the Minnesota Masonic Home, celebrating his 100th Birthday, his prominence was recognized by The Supreme Council who presented him with a Scottish Rite Certificate of Honor. At this point he was the last surviving founding member in the United States of the American Legion.
Born in Montgomery, Minnesota on February 19, 1898, Brother Bentley was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Sunlight Lodge No. 313 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota on June 8, 1929 and served as its Worshipful Master in 1937. He received the Thirty-second Degree of the Scottish Rite on May 18, 1950 and took an active part in the degree conferrals for many years in the Valley of Minneapolis. At the 1989 session of The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite in Washington, D.C., he was elected to the rank and decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour.
Brother Bentley passed on to the Celestial Lodge above on June 4, 1999 at the age of 101 years.
He was interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
War is neither romantic nor glorious, but it creates remarkable sagas. The World War I and American Legion career of Brother George Washington Bentley,32*, Knight Commander of the Court of Honour, is just such a saga. Brother Bentley voluntarily enlisted in the US Army from his hometown of Montgomery, Minnesota on April 18, 1918. The Army put him in the Corps of Engineers because he wanted to "get overseas fast," a wish that came true. He was assigned to accompany War Engineering Equipment shipments by train to the front lines from ports of entry. This was rugged duty and required special abilities.
When Lt Col Theodore Roosevelt called a caucus in Paris March 15-17, 1919 for the purpose of forming what became the American Legion, Brother George attended. Many years later, he served as President of the Society of American Legion Founders in 1981-82. As president, he was one of six surviving founders in the nation and the only survivor in the state of Minnesota. Brother Bentley was the Grand Marshal at the National American Legion Convention in Minneapolis on September 4, 1994.
Source: Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Minneapolis Valley
Posted 8 Mar 2014 Glenn D Kiecker Historian MN Cataract Masonic Lodge #2
Military Information: SGT, US ARMY
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