A LIVING MASON: A tale of how we would rather have a Brother in lodge as you are versus not having a Brother attend because he worked late or doesn’t own “fancy” enough cloths. The man inside is more important. His name is John. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, […]
MASONIC INFLUENCES IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY – Lafayette, French liaison to the Colonies, without whose aid the war could not have been won, was a Freemason. – The majority of the commanders of the Continental Army were Freemasons and members of “Army Lodges.” – Most of Washington’s Generals were Freemasons. – The Boston Tea Party […]
The Magnificent George Washington Masonic National Memorial Part 1 of 2 by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Gregory J Knott On a recent trip to Washington, DC I stopped by the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. This grand edifice was established in 1910 with the formation of the George Washington Masonic Memorial Association by Freemasons across the United […]
by Midnight Freemason Contributor R.W.B. Michael H. Shirley One of the joys of reading history is discovering moments that illuminate something in the past, especially about a person’s character. Prominent men and women leave a trail of public and private papers, and historians comb through them, hoping to flesh out stories of great and important […]
As the webmaster for Monroe Lodge 27 (my mother lodge) A friend at our breakfast on Saturday told me to look for a guy with a freemasonry symbol in the movie Tombstone Low & behold look what I found
Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908), known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as The Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. An avid sportsman, he […]
AM I A BUILDER? I watched them tearing a building down, A gang of men in a busy town. With a ho-heave-ho and a lusty yell, They swung a beam and the sides fell. I asked the foreman, “Are these men skilled And the kind you would hire, if you had to build?” And he […]
THE TOAST TO THE VISITORS Tonight I have the pleasure To all I must confess To Give to you this toast To Our Visitors and Our Guest The fellowship that you bring tonight Is something that can’t compare You know we like to see you And glad that your always there The Harmony, the chat […]
UP IN THE WORLD The lodge with the highest meeting place on the globe is Roof of the World Lodge No. 1094, of Oroya, Peru. The elevation of the lodge room in the Andes Mountains is 14,167 above see level. The closet competitor in the United States is Corinthian Lodge No. 35 at Leadsville, Colorado […]
The character of a Freemason. The real Freemason is distinguished from the rest of Mankind by the uniform unrestrained rectitude of his conduct. Other men are honest in fear of punishment which the law might inflect; they are religious in expectation of being rewarded, or in dread of the devil, in the next world. A […]
