Lodge members were there that day to welcome home their loved ones and fraternal brothers. Samuel Levin was there to see Private First Class Moses Levin. The Parlett family looked on at their son, Sergeant Percival Parlett Jr. Edward Devlin watched Seaman Second Class Edward Devlin Jr. march home in that grand procession. There was Captain James Moses Edlavitch, Captain Oswald Augustus Greager, and many more. For Bradley and Bernice Snyder though, there was some solace amidst the pain. Their oldest, Albert, had returned home from war even if their youngest, Maurice, had not. In total, the lodge lost four young men in the First World War.

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