GREENWOODS, EVERGREENS, and THE DUNN HOUSE

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The area around Gilmer and vicinity is casually called “The Piney Woods of East Texas”. This type of forested landscape is most readily seen in winter when all the oak trees and other types of trees have shed their leaves. When Springtime comes, signs of green begin to expand and grow.

The word Greenwood alludes to a forest or when tree leaves are brilliant green. Evergreen alludes to foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season. It also alludes to anything regarded as everlastingly fresh or relevant. In Judeo-Christian history, a sprig of acacia or evergreen also symbolized the hope for eternal life in heaven.
For those reasons, a few days ago, I decided to visit Greenwood Masonic Lodge #409, in Greenwood, Louisiana. It is only four and a half miles into Louisiana on Interstate I-20. They only have 26 total members. The members were very friendly and the Lodge was Chartered 100 years ago, in 1923. .