title: Alamo Lodge No. 44
text: # Alamo Lodge No. 44
  
  Alamo Lodge No. 44, A.F. & A.M., is the oldest Masonic lodge in Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas, under the jurisdiction of the regular Grand Lodge of Texas. The lodge was granted a charter by the Grand Lodge of Texas on January 15, 1848; it is honored by a plaque on the South Wall of the Alamo's long barrack, hailing the lodge as the "Birthplace of Freemasonry in West Texas." The lodge, which is a "blue" or craft lodge, currently meets in San Antonio's Scottish Rite Cathedral, which is near the Alamo complex.
  
  ## History
  
  Freemasons present during different stages of the Battle of the Alamo included James B. Bonham, James Bowie, David Crockett, Almeron Dickinson, and William B. Travis. The first Worshipful Master of the lodge was Captain James H. Ralston, an Assistant Quartermaster of U.S. Volunteers. Original members of the lodge were primarily military officers who were already Freemasons. The Lodge held its meetings for several months in an upper-story room of the Long Barrack until it moved into its own hall on Alamo Plaza on June 24, 1848. Through its history, two past masters of Alamo Lodge No. 44 served as Grand Masters of Texas: James H. McLeary (1881), and A.W. Houston (1914).
  
  Alamo Lodge No. 44 hosts an annual meeting of masons inside of the Alamo Chapel, an event which includes a public procession in Masonic regalia.
  
  ## Past Masters
  
  The following is a list of Past Masters of Alamo Lodge No. 44:
  
  2018 - Robert M. Park
  
  2017 - Tony Kimball
  
  2016 - Anthony D. Harris
  
  2015 - Michael Gollahon
  
  2014 - Max M. Charleswell Jr.
  
  2013 - Brady Johnson
  
  2012 - Gregory D. Wright
  
  2011 - Gregory D. Wright
  
  2010 - Scott Mikos
  
  2009 - Larry McNamee
  
  2008 - Michael Goodrich
  
  2007 - Jaime Garza
  
  2006 - Edward V. O'Banion
  
  2005 - Roland G. Havens
  
  2004 - Armando Soto Sr.
  
  2003 - Daniel K. Schauer
  
  2002 - Eulalio C. Gonzalez
  
  2001 - Steven C. Stanphill
  
  2000 - William F. Jamison
  
  1999 - Robert M. DeWalt
  
  1998 - Guadalupe Gutierrez
  
  1997 - Eulalio C. Gonzalez
  
  1996 - Robert M. DeWalt
  
  1995 - C.R. McCormick II
  
  1994 - Rulalio C. Gonzalez
  
  1993 - Jesus A. Garza
  
  1992 - Jesus A. Araiza
  
  1991 - Chas. A. Young
  
  1990 - Henry W. Pooley
  
  1989 - Donald R. Webster
  
  1988 - Charles A. Kee
  
  1987 - Kenneth R. Tucke
  
  1986 - Charles A. Young
  
  1985 - W.G. Howeth Jr.
  
  1984 - George H. Trumbo Jr.
  
  1983 - Gordon C. Ellis
  
  1982 - John B. Searson
  
  1981 - Donald L. Lively
  
  1980 - James N. Higdon
  
  1979 - Conrad Carr
  
  1978 - Robert L. Wand
  
  1977 - Thomas H. Bailey
  
  1976 - D.A. Schwarz II
  
  1975 - O.D. Cresswell Jr.
  
  