Masonic Biography: Sir Charles Warren

  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...

Freemasonry in Utah

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...

Masonic Symbolism: The Pillars

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...

The Lambskin Apron or White Leathern Apron

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...

American 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...