The Lodge with the oldest records is believed to be Lodge of Edinburgh #1, sometimes known as “Mary’s Chapel”. Tradition says this Lodge was formed by skilled craftsmen brought over from the continent by King David I to build...
The “FREE” in Freemasonry refers to the days when attempts were made in 1712 to regulate building wages. “Freemasons” were distinguished from “Masons” as a separate class of workmen, notably in their wages. In numerous building accounts, “Freemasons were...
Bro. Rt. Hon. John George Diefenbaker (1895 – 1979) was the sixth Prime Minister of Canada who was a Mason. He was Initiated in Wakaw Lodge #166, Saskatchewan, on September 11 1922, affiliated with Kinistino Lodge #1 at Prince Albert,...
King George VI was initiated into Navy Lodge #2612 in 1919, when he was Duke of York; in 1922 he was appointed Senior Grand Warden; two years later he was installed as Provincial Grand Master for Middlesex, which position...
The Statue of Liberty was a gift of goodwill to the United States of America by France, shortly after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, when France itself, became a republic. The Cornerstone of the structure was laid by Officers...
The Regius Manuscript, believed written in the year 1390 in Middle English, probably by a priest in the west of England, is the most ancient Masonic manuscript known to be in existence. It is a poem of 794 lines,...
Lodge St. George #200, Bermuda is the oldest Scottish Lodge outside Scotland. It has the distinction of being housed in the oldest building in Bermuda, which was originally owned by the State house and used for meetings by the...
Bro. Sir Winston LEONARD Spencer CHURCHILL (1874 – 1965) was initiated in Studholme Lodge #1591, London, England, and Raised in Rosemary Lodge #2851 on March 25 1902. Bro. Churchill was 1st Lord of the Admiralty from 1911 – 1915...
Bro. PAUL REVERE (1735 – 1818), who made the midnight ride to warn the Americans that “The British are Coming” was a member of the Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston, Massachusetts. He was also a founding member of Rising...
THE WORLD’S LARGEST MONUMENT carved by a Freemason is on Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota, U.S.A. It was sculptured by W. Bro. Gutzon Borglum, a Past Master of Howard Lodge #35, New York. The faces of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt...