Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Shrine Bektash Legion of Honor Unit
June 21, 2000
Maker not marked; Kodak
USA: New Hampshire, Concord
Photograph on paper
4"h x 6"w
Gift of Edward N. Lewis
2020.037.22

Masonic Shrine Bektash Legion of Honor Unit. Color photograph shows 26 men arranged in two rows, front row seated and back row standing. The men all wear maroon fezzes with Shrine emblems on them; most wear suit jackets in solid colors (some red, others black or green) and neckties. They are in a room with a grey and white checkered tile floor, with a cream-colored wall in the background, and white drop ceiling. There is a black and white bingo board on the wall on the PR side of the photo, which has cream-colored, pleated curtains drawn over most of it. On reverse, square white sticker applied with typed black text (except where otherwise indicated): "BEKTASH LEGION OF HONOR UNIT PICTURE [underlined] / [handwritten in pencil] underlined - W.W. II Vet. June 21, 2000 Concord, N.H. / FRONT L-R Warrant Officer James / Findlay Jr., Adj. Wayne Snow [underlined in pencil], Lt. / Cmdr. Robert Watson [underlined in pencil], Cmdr. Albert / Krumenaker [underlined in pencil], Lt. Cmdr. Don Ainsworth, / Qtr. Edwin Geffken, Drill Capt. / Harold Chase, Sgt. Pete Stock, M/Sgt. / Leighton Tasker [underlined in pencil], P.C. Chuck Stone [underlined in pencil]. / BACK L-R P.C. Howard Parker, Sgt. [underlined in pencil] / James Methven [underlined in pencil], Col. James Findlay Sr [underlined in pencil] / P.C., Leg. Chuck Marston [underlined in pencil], Leg. Frank / Szerlog, Maj. Alton Hopkins P.C. [underlined in pencil], / F.O. William Brown [underlined in pencil], Leg. Charles / Durgin [underlined in pencil], Chaplain Chief Walbourne [underlined in pencil], Sgt / John Huber, Leg. William Wiley, T/Sgt. / Richard Perry, Leg. Robert Young, / Sgt. Maj. Robert Perry [underlined in pencil], Leg. William / Bunnell, Leg. Edward Brown. / [handwritten in black ink] 6/21/00". Across photo paper (around sticker), yellow "Kodak PAPER" and "Kodak Royal PAPER" maker's marks repeated on a diagonal.