Traveling All Seeing Eye Location

2026-2027 Grand Master’s  Statewide Traveling STAIRCASE Location

Paducah (127)

Meetings
4th Monday, Monthly at 7:00 PM Central Time

GRAND MASTER’S 2026-2027 STATEWIDE TRAVELING STAIRCASE OF FREEMSONRY PROGRAM

The Grand Master will have a Statewide Traveling Staircase of Freemasonry Program. The Traveling Staircase of Freemasonry, location can be tracked using the locator found on the Grand Lodge of Kentucky website and/or the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Statewide Traveling Staircase, Location Facebook Page (see Appendix D). It is important that you follow the directions contained in the Traveling Staircase case to ensure that its location is kept updated, so all lodges have an opportunity to claim it. One or more Masons may claim the Traveling Staircase at any Masonic meeting. It must be claimed and presented in a tiled or open meeting to count. Make sure to follow the directions and sign the registry contained in the Traveling Staircase case. The Traveling Staircase will begin at Simsonia Lodge No. 917, District 2, on October 20, 2026. Rules for claiming the Staircase will be posted on the Location Facebook page and a copy will be included in the Staircase case.

In Freemasonry, the numbers 3, 5, and 7 serve as guiding symbols in the Fellow Craft’s journey up the Winding Stair to the Middle Chamber. The staircase symbolizes the moral fortitude, continuous intellectual development and the pursuit of higher understanding. The first 3 steps represents moral foundation. The next 5 steps represents human senses and the classical order of architecture. The last 7 steps represent the seven liberal arts and science.

Elected or Appointed Grand Lodge Officers and District Deputy Grand Masters are not eligable to retrieve the Grand Master’s Staircase of Freemasonry. 

2026-2027 District Traveling Gavel Program

The District Deputy Grand Master is asked to maintain and promote the traveling gavel program in his district. Each district should have a Traveling Gavel, and the District Deputy Grand Master should always know where it is located. It is his responsibility to keep the gavel traveling from lodge to lodge The guidelines below are only suggestions on how the District Traveling Gavel Program might work. If your district has a program in place, then continue with it instead. The purpose of this program is to encourage Masonic travel within the district.

The Traveling Gavel must be placed in clear view of all visiting Brothers.

Suggestions for claiming the Staircase of Freemasonry

1. The Traveling Gavel may be claimed from a lodge on any regular or lawfully called meeting, excluding only Masonic Funeral Rites.

2. The Traveling Gavel may be claimed by:

a. Whichever lodge has the most visitors present.

b. If there is a tie, the lodge that traveled the farthest will receive the Gavel.

c. The Traveling Gavel will be presented before closing the lodge.

d. The lodge receiving the Gavel will notify the District Deputy.

3. If the District Traveling Gavel has not moved in more than month sinse being claimed, the lodge holding it is encouraged to take the gavel to another lodge of their choosing in their district.

  1. The traveling gavel may be claimed from a lodge on any regular or lawfully called meeting, excluding only Masonic Funeral Rites.
  2. The traveling gavel may be claimed by:
    1. a.Whichever lodge has the most visitors present.
    2. b.If there is a tie, the lodge that traveled the farthest will receive the gavel.
    3. c.The Traveling Gavel will be presented before closing the lodge.
    4. d.The lodge receiving the gavel will notify the District Deputy.
  3. If the District Traveling Gavel has not moved in more than a month since being claimed, the lodge holding it is encouraged to take the gavel to another lodge of their choosing in their district.