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Saturday, 29 May 2021 09:02
About the Chapter of Rose Croix
Saturday, 15 May 2021 11:39
Charleston’s Best Friend: A Freemason Provides an Intimate Look into the Development of the American Railway System
Sunday, 18 April 2021 05:25
Rose Croix Jewel
Tuesday, 13 April 2021 07:00
Remember when a Reunion was really a Reunion?
Look at those old Scottish Rite Reunion photos on the wall, when 100, 150, or even 190 men filled the auditorium to receive the Degrees of the Scottish Rite. Perhaps you were in one of…
Saturday, 10 April 2021 08:42
Masonic Souvenirs from Jerusalem
In Freemasonry, corn or grain, wine, and oil symbolize prosperity, health, and peace. They are considered a Freemason’s “wages” or “wages of nourishment” and are featured in Masonic degrees. Masons often use corn, wine, and…
Wednesday, 07 April 2021 18:45
Traveling to foreign lands as a Master Mason
In February of 2020 I took my family on a Disney Cruise that would take us to the Bahamas and Disney’s private island. As we were about to dock in Nassau, my son shouted in…
Tuesday, 06 April 2021 14:30
Pythagoras: Well known Philosopher with teachings cloaked in mystery
As a young Masonic traveler, one is met with a philosopher known by the name Pythagoras. When mentioned in the Third Degree accompanied by Hieroglyphical Emblems, we are not told much more other than that…
Sunday, 14 March 2021 10:15
Altemont Lodge No.26 in Peterborough, New Hampshire
In 2001, the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library purchased this impressive assemblage of tintypes and ambrotypes of members of an unidentified Mason lodge from a Massachusetts antiques dealer. Each of the photographs is displayed…
Sunday, 14 March 2021 10:10
An 1820 Past Master’s Jewel from London
From the late 1700s through the present day, many American Masonic lodges have followed the tradition of acknowledging the contributions of a lodge master by presenting him with a personalized jewel to mark the conclusion…
Sunday, 14 March 2021 10:05
A Supreme Council, and a Nation, Mourns the Death of a President
In a blog post written in March for the official Museum & Library blog, I introduced readers to this document from the collection—Supreme Council member Benjamin Dean’s (1824-1897) 1865 hand-written preamble and resolutions regarding the…
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Sunday, 14 March 2021 09:55
“Dear Mel”: Harry S. Truman Letters Added to Digital Collections
Did you know that President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) corresponded with Melvin Maynard Johnson (1871-1957), the head of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction's Supreme Council during the 1940s and 1950s? A number of recently digitized letters,…
Sunday, 14 March 2021 09:10
On the Square Tobacco
Chewing tobacco—also known as plug tobacco or “chaw”—was the most common way to consume the tobacco plant in the mid-to-late 1800s. During this time American tobacco companies produced a variety of products related to chewing…
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