Tavistock L.O.L. It doesn’t immediately ring any bells for most people. The initials stand for Loyal Orange Lodge. First formed in Tavistock in 1924 the Lodge motto was “one church, one school, one God”. Gazette coverage reported the hope that the new Lodge # 2953 would flourish as they are fighting for the principles of true Protestantism with equal rights to all and special privileges to none. Just two years later the Lady Orange Lodge was formed in the village. Time passed and interest waned. In 1945 a newly-formed Loyal Orange Lodge # 3184 came into being with William Schaefer as the Worshipful Master. Popular for awhile it, too, disappeared into the history books. The badge in our collection is one of the few reminders of this group.