6. Ex. Comp. James Hoban, The man who built the U.S.
Capitol and White House, was a devout Catholic and ardent Mason.
Federal Lodge #1, Washington, D.C. was formed under his leadership by a
group of Irish Catholics and Scotch Presbyterians. Hoban was the first
Master.
7. The Marquis De Lafayette became a Royal Arch Mason in
Jerusalem Chapter #8, New York, Sept. 12, 1824.
8. SOLOMON - Sol, Latin for "Sun", Om, The hindu sacred
word, comparable to the Hebrew "Jehovah", On, the sacred Egyptian name
for God.
9. Joseph Brant, the Mohawk Indian Chief know as "Thayendanega"
was made a Mason in London on April 26, 1776. His certificate was
signed by James Haseltine, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of
England. Joseph rescued John McKinstry from being burned at the stake,
after McKinstry had given a Masonic sign.
10. St. Paul's cathedral in London was begun by
Freemasons in 1675 and completed by them in 1710.
11. Robert Newman, sexton of Christ Church and the man
who hung the signal Lanterns in the steeple the night of Paul Revere's
ride, was a member of St. John's Lodge in Boston. (Note: There are no
Lodge #'s in Massachusetts, to prevent bragging that someone might
belong to Lodge #1, etc...)
12. In
1860, at Limerick, Ireland, a stone was found in a small chapel
bearing the date 1517, and also the following inscription:
I will strive to live with love &
care, upon the level, by the square.
13. From an
old diary, we learn that Washington Chapter #3, R.A.M. of
Portsmouth, N.H., gave notice of it's meetings through the town
crier who received from 6 to 25 cents for his work.
14. Raised
in a balloon. Lodge #239 of France, held a meeting in a
balloon over Paris on August 23, 1879, at which time a brother was
brought to Light!
15. The
trowel used by George Washington to lay the cornerstone of the
Capitol at Washington in 1793 has been used by since by 7 other
Presidents of the United States for great and important
undertakings.
16. The
English Royal Institution for girls is 160 years old and has
educated 7,700 children of Masons.
17. The
first stone of America's first railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio, was
laid July 4, 1828 by the Grand Lodge of Maryland.
18.
Installed Master on His death bed. By special dispensation,
Samuel Horrowitz was installed Master of Ionic Lodge #520, Los
Angeles in his hospital room. He died seven hours later.
19.
M.W. Bro. Harry S. Truman served as Master of the Missouri Lodge
of Research while President of the United States (1950). Both
the dispensation and charter of this Lodge were signed by Truman
when Grand Master of Missouri (1941).
20. The
Anti-Masonic Party's first Presidential Candidate was a Mason!!
In 1831 the Anti-Masonic Party nominated William Wirt as their
candidate for Presidency at it's first national convention held
in Baltimore, Md. Wirt was not
only a Freemason, but defended the order in a speech before the
convention that nominated him!!!!!!
21.
Brother Rudyard Kipling said "I was Secretary of #782, Lahore,
English Constitution, which included Brethren of at least four
creeds. I was entered by a Hindu, passed by a Mohammedan, and
raised by an Englishman."
22.
Lodge that remained open for fifty years. A Lodge in Raleigh,
N.C. was in session when the news came of the assassination of
President Lincoln. The brethren left the hall without formal
closing of the Lodge, which technically remained open until 50
years later, (1865-1915), the Master who presided when they
rushed from the building, again handled the gavel and brought
the long communication to a close.
23.
"The Magic Flute" by Bro. Wolfgang Mozart, is the symbolic
representation of Human evolution and was composed by him to
replace the symbolic Austria, thus enabling his brethren to
instruct Masonically in spite of the edicts of a tyrannical
government.
24.
H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen
Elizabeth, was initiated December 5, 1952, in Navy Lodge
#2612. Other members of the Royal family belonging to this
Lodge were Edward VII, George VI, (both Past Masters), and
H.R.H. the late Duke of Kent.
25.
Many Irish Lodges owned "Lodge Chests" in which
the warrant, paraphernalia, Jewels, minutes, and records
were kept, as well as money for charitable purposes. Each
of the three principal officer had a key to one of the three
different locks on the chest, necessating the presence of
all three officers at every meeting!
26.
The use of black balls in balloting may be traced as far
back as the ancient Romans.
27.
"More Honorable than the Star and Garter," The
last eight Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of England have
all been knighted in the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
(Note: Circa 1952, reference book published 1965)
28.
Yellowstone Park, the first of the National Parks, was
created at the suggestion of Cornelius Hedges, later Grand
Secretary of Montana, as a national park "for the benefit
and enjoyment of all the people."
29.
Every President from Tennessee, Jackson, Johnson, Polk, has
been a Mason and curiously enough the birthplace of all
three was North Carolina!
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