by CMS Manager | Jan 30, 2012 | Masonic Biography
Sir Charles Warren 1840 - January 21, 1927 Soldier, explorer and archaeologist, Charles Warren was born in Bangor and educated at Sandhurst. As an agent of the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1867, he surveyed Herod’s Temple and conducted excavations in...
by CMS Manager | Oct 30, 2011 | Masonic History
AMERICAN MASONIC HISTORY Freemasonry first came to Utah during the winter of 1858 when twenty-three officers and men of General Albert Johnston's Army, sent to quell the reported "Mormon Rebellion," sought fraternal fellowship at their inhospitable outpost...
by CMS Manager | Oct 30, 2011 | Masonic Symbolism
The following is from an article titled “The Two Pillars” and written by Bro. Jordon Roscoe in the January, 1964 edition of The New Age. -- Editor ---------------------------------------------------- The Fellow-Craft is introduced to the wonders of his world of art...
by CMS Manager | Sep 1, 2011 | Masonic History
The following article was written by Bro. Joe Lane Field, P.M. and published in Winter 2010 edition of New Mexico Freemason - Editor —————————————————-- THE LAMBSKIN OR WHITE LEATHERN APRON The Masonic apron is a pure white lambskin, from fourteen to sixteen inches...
by CMS Manager | Sep 1, 2011 | Masonic History
The first Masonic Lodge in what is present day Illinois was established in Kaskaskia, then in Indiana Territory, in 1805. The origins of this lodge can be traced back to seven Brothers, from 5 separate Pennsylvania Lodges, 1 Canadian Lodge and 1 New York Lodge. These...