Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Virginia

2024 - Grand Encampment Easter Observance

The 94th Annual Easter Sunrise Service, sponsored by the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, will again be held on the steps of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sunday, March 31, 2024.

HEADQUARTERS HOTEL
The Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Richmond Highway, Arlington, Virginia, is our headquarters hotel. The special Knights Templar rate will be $129.00 per room, based on double occupancy. Parking rate is $28.00, per night. Please make your reservations directly with the hotel by calling 703-920-3230 (mention Grand Encampment of Knights Templar). A hotel reservation link is available here.

MEALS
A meal package is available for $75.00 per person and includes Saturday evening dinner and Sunday morning breakfast buffet. Order your meal tickets from the Grand Encampment office. Registration forms are available here for credit card processing, or mail your check, payable to the Grand Encampment, to 3 Sugar Creek Center Blvd, Suite 410, Sugar Land, TX 77478. Additional tickets may be ordered separately; Saturday dinner, $60.00; Sunday breakfast buffet, $20.00. Reserved seating at the Saturday night dinner will be assigned on a first come first served basis. If you would like to be seated together, please send in your payment as a group.

Note: The hotel and meal ticket cutoff date is March 1, 2024. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Grand Commanders and their ladies are invited to attend the Saturday evening dinner, courtesy of the Grand Encampment.
Prior reservations are required with the Grand Encampment office.

EASTER MORNING SCHEDULE
Breakfast buffet – 5:15 a.m. to 6:15 a.m.
Buses begin to leave hotel – 6:30 a.m.
Parade will step off at 7:40 a.m.
Easter Memorial Service – 8:00 a.m.
Buses return to the hotel after the service at approximately 9:30 a.m.

OTHER DETAILS
Grand Commanders are requested to appoint a delegation chairman and notify Sir Knight Lawrence E. Tucker, R:E: Grand Recorder,
3 Sugar Creek Center Blvd, Suite 410, Sugar Land, TX 77478
Phone: 713-349-8700 | Fax: 713-349-8710
E-mail: john@gektusa.org

2024 - Grand Encampment Easter Observance

The 94th Annual Easter Sunrise Service has concluded.  The replay can be seen above and there are some photos of the event below.  Once information is available for next years event it will be provided here as well.

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The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Virginia’s IT Committee is please to announce that Phase 2 of the IT Modernization objective has been completed.

There is now an Online Donation Portal for the Baldwin-Brown Fund and the Holy Land Pilgrimage Fund. There will be future updates with the Permanent Fund and the Educational Foundation to be included.