U.S. Lodges that use Languages other than English

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The following lodges are chartered by "mainstream" Grand Lodge in the United States, and are permitted to, and do, use languages other than English in their ritual (opening and closing, degrees, programs, business, etc.).

Arizona	Anahuac Lodge #81 - Tucson - Spanish
California	La Parfaite Union Lodge #17 - San Francisco - French Vallée de France Lodge #329 - Los Angeles - French
District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)	Arminius Lodge #25 - German Mehr Lodge #90 - Persian or Farsi Alianza Fraternal Americana Lodge #92 - Spanish La France Lodge #93 - French Hayastan Lodge #94 - Armenian Massis Lodge #99 - Armenian Nur Lodge #2000 - Turkish Italia Lodge #2001 - Italian
Florida	Dr. Felix Varela Lodge #64 - Key West - Spanish
Massachusetts	Logia America Lodge - Cambridge - Spanish
New York	Garibaldi Lodge - Manhattan NY - Italian L'Union Française Lodge #17 - New York - French La France - La Clémente Amitié Cosmopolite #410 - New York - French La Sincérité Lodge # 373 - New York - French
Pennsylvania	Hermann-Humboldt #125 - Philadelphia - German Teutonia #367 - Reading - German
Wisconsin	Aurora Lodge - Milwaukee - German

Note:  Some, possibly many, U.S. Grand Lodges require that all work in all lodges be done in the English language.

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