Fredericksburg, 1752
Some places can only be visited with our eyes closed. Imagine it is Saturday, November 4, 1752. We are standing outside John Jones's Tavern...
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History
Three Dots In A Triangle: A Venerable Masonic Mark
The emblem of the All-Seeing Eye inside a triangle, although employed in Freemasonry, has been utilized by various cultures, countries, and other fraternal groups...
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FREEMASONRY AND THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LUNAR LANDING
“All must hope that someday America would penetrate the deepest secrets of that mysterious orb, the moon," wrote Jules Verne in his 1865 novel...
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THE PORTABLE MASONIC CORNERSTONE KIT
Many a Mason have been known to enjoy a drop here and there. But no, that’s not what the three silver and gold flasks...
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Freemasonry and the Concept of Ordered Liberty in New England Communities
During the later part of the Eighteenth Century and the early part of the Nineteenth Century, there were major forces working in American society...
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The Short Life of the Anti‑Masonic Party in the American Political System
In the vast history of American politics and its political parties, the Anti‑Masonic Party was an American political organization which had its rise after...
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Vitruvius Explains
Ancient Romans based designs of temples on proportions of the human body. The design of Temples depends on symmetry, the rules of which Architects...
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The Regius Manuscript
In 1757 King George II presented to the British Museum a collection of some 12,000 volumes, the nucleus of which had been laid by...
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The Hiram Award: A History
Los Angeles Harbor Lodge (formerly San Pedro Lodge) No. 332 is the Home of the Hiram Award. Probably one of the most dedicated, ENTHUSIASTIC...
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Masonic Rituals Idealize Moral Lessons
Before Solomon and Hiram, there was Noah – God’s Builder. The Bible is not only the first and foremost of The Three Great Lights...
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Exposures of Masonic Ritual
Masons take an obligation to keep the secrets of the order, which include much of the ritual that they observe during their degrees. For...
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Intentions of our Founding Fathers
The Masonic Restoration Foundation endorses the following tenets as being the verifiable historical intentions of the founders of speculative Masonry, as established from the time of...
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