(2) Prince Hall was a free Black man who lived 
in colonial Boston, Massachusetts circa 1735 to 
1807. 
(3) Prince Hall was an ardent abolitionist and 
prolific activist in Boston, Massachusetts during the 
American Revolutionary period. 
(4) In 1775, after being denied by an all-White 
Masonic lodge, Hall and 14 other free Black men 
formed their own lodge. 
(5) Prince Hall was elected as the leader, or 
‘‘Worshipful Master’’, within the newly formed Afri-
can Lodge #1, later renamed African Lodge No. 
459. 
(6) Because of this action Prince Hall is known 
as the ‘‘Father of Black Freemasonry’’. 
(7) Prince Hall Freemasonry is recognized by 
many as the oldest continuously active organization 
founded by African Americans in the United States. 
(8) The Prince Hall Freemasons employed ad-
vocacy and community work to assist Blacks seeking 
citizenship, education, and economic advancement. 
(9) In 1777, Prince Hall petitioned the Massa-
chusetts government to abolish slavery and is consid-
ered by some to be the first to publicly proclaim that 
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Black people should be granted the rights laid out 
in the Declaration of Independence. 
(10) In 1787, a committee of 12 from the Afri-
can Lodge, headed by Worshipful Master Hall, 
drafted, ‘‘The Boston Plan—a detailed plan for Afri-
can Americans to return to Africa—to free them-
selves from their hostile living conditions in the 
United States’’. 
(11) The resettlement plan requested the Mas-
sachusetts General Court to provide passage for 
families with the necessary provisions, utensils, and 
articles, as well as money to procure lands to settle 
upon. 
(12) In 1788, Prince Hall petitioned the Massa-
chusetts legislature to protect Black sailors from 
being kidnapped and sold into slavery. 
(13) Prince Hall’s influence remains within the 
5,000 lodges and 47 grand lodges who trace their 
lineage to the original lodge he founded. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) AWARD
AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President pro tempore 
of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the 
award, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold medal of ap-
propriate design dedicated to Prince Hall, in recognition 
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of his service to the Black Community as the founder of 
the first Black Masonic lodge. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the 
award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the 
Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
strike the gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and 
inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. 
(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal described in subsection (a), the gold 
medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, 
where it shall be displayed at the National Museum 
of African American History and Culture and made 
available for research. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should 
make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) 
available for display elsewhere, particularly at other 
appropriate locations associated with Prince Hall. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medals struck under section 2, at a 
price sufficient to cover the costs thereof, including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
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SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck under 
this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 
of title 31, United States Code. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 
struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 
items. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 
SALE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-
essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under 
this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
3 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund. 
Æ 
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