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On this date in 1901, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
received his 1st degree in Matinecock Lodge #806, Oyster Bay, New York. |
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7 |
On this date in 1808, the Grand Lodge of Ohio was
established. On this date in 1785,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart received his 2nd degree. |
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8 |
On this date in 1844 or 1843, the Grand Lodge of Iowa was
formed |
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10 |
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11 |
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| January
12 |
On this date in 1886 Quatuor Coronati Lodge #2076 was
consecrated and constituted in London. It is considered by many to be
the premiere masonic research lodge in the world. |
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13 |
On this date (or January 12) in 1818, the Grand Lodge of Indiana was
formed |
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14 |
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17 |
On this date (or January 16 or
26) in 1865, the Grand Lodge of Nevada was
formed On this date in 1872, the Grand Lodge of Utah was
formed
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24 |
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25 |
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26 |
On this date in 1866, the Grand Lodge of Montana was
formed On this date in 1887, Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle received his 1st degree. |
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28 |
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29 |
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7 |
On this date in 1981, the Grand Lodge of Alaska was
organized |
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8 |
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| February
9 |
On this date in 1909, Harry S. Truman received his 1st
degree in Belton Lodge #450, Missouri. |
| February
10 |
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| February
11 |
On this date in 1988, a group of masonic leaders met
with President Ronald Reagan; the Grand Master of DC presented him with
a certificate, and the Scottish Rite and Shrine made him an honorary
member of those bodies. |
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12 |
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13 |
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14 |
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15 |
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16 |
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| February
18 |
On this date in 1909, U.S. President William Howard
Taft received his 1st degree in Kilwinning Lodge #356, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| February
19 |
On this date in 1811, the Grand Lodge of the District
of Columbia was formed in Washington D.C. |
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20 |
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| February
21 |
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22 |
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| February
23 |
On this date in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle received
his 2nd degree. |
| February
24 |
On this date in 1853, the Grand Lodge of Minnesota was
formed |
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25 |
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26 |
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27 |
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28 |
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29 |
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| March 3 |
On this date in 1753, George Washington received his Fellow Craft degree in
Fredericksburg Lodge in Virginia |
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| March 5 |
On this date in 1792, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was
organized |
| March 6 |
On this date in 1775, several black men, including one named Prince Hall,
were initiated into Freemasonry in Boston. This marked the beginning of
what became a huge movement or organization in the United States known
as Prince Hall Masonry, composed mainly of African Americans. |
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| March 9 |
On this date in 1822, a national Masonic Congress was held in Washington DC,
in the U.S. Capitol building |
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10 |
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11 |
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12 |
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13 |
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14 |
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15 |
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16 |
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17 |
On this date in 1856, the Grand Lodge of Kansas was
formed
On this date in 1848, the Prince Hall Grand
Lodge of Washington DC was established
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| March
18 |
On this date in 1902, the Tall Cedars of Lebanon was
incorporated, in Trenton, New Jersey. |
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19 |
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20 |
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21 |
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22 |
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| March
23 |
On this date in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle received
his 3rd degree. |
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24 |
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| March
25 |
On this date in 1882, the Grand Lodge of Arizona was
organized On this date in 1902, Sir
Winston Churchill received his 3rd degree in Studholme Lodge #1591,
London |
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26 |
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27 |
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28 |
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29 |
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30 |
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31 |
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| April 4 |
On this date in 1778, Voltaire
was initiated in "Les Neuf Soeurs" Lodge in Paris. His conductors were Benjamin Franklin and Count Gebelin |
| April 5 |
On this date in 1886, Rudyard Kipling received his 1st
degree. |
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| April 8 |
On this date in 1790, the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire was
constituted |
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10 |
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11 |
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12 |
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14 |
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15 |
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16 |
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18 |
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19 |
On this date in 1787, the Grand Lodge of Maryland was
formed On this date (or April 18) in 1850, the Grand Lodge of California was
formed
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| April
20 |
On this date in 1884, Pope Leo XIII issued a famous Papal Bull against
Freemasonry, titled Humanum Genus |
| April
21 |
On this date in 1821 the Grand Lodge of Missouri was
founded. |
| April
22 |
On this date in 1785, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart received
his 3rd degree. |
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23 |
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| April
24 |
On this date in 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt
received his 3rd degree. |
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25 |
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26 |
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| April
27 |
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| April
28 |
On this date in 1738, Pope Clement XII issued the first Papal Bull attacking
Freemasonry On this date in 1840, the Grand Lodge of Illinois was
formed
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29 |
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30 |
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| May 1 |
On this date in 1865, William McKinley (U.S. President
1898-1901) received his 1st degree in Hiram Lodge #21, Winchester,
Virginia. |
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| May 3 |
On this date in 1886, Rudyard Kipling received is 2nd
degree. |
| May 4 |
On this date in 1821, the Grand Lodge of Missouri was
formed On this date in 1821, the Grand
Lodge of Illinois was founded. |
| May 5 |
On this date in 1851, Andrew Johnson (U.S. President
1865-1869) received his 1st degree in Greenville Lodge #119, Tennessee |
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| May 7 |
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| May 8 |
On this date in 1843, a national Masonic Congress was
begun in Baltimore, sometimes referred to as the Baltimore Convention, to
attempt to establish a uniform ritual for United States Grand Lodges. |
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| May 10 |
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| May 11 |
On this date in 1865, the Grand Lodge of West Virginia was
formed |
| May 12 |
On this date in 1932, the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, in
Alexandria, Virginia, was dedicated in a very large ceremony, attended
by thousands, including the President of the United States
On this date in 1931, Senator Barry Goldwater (candidate for U.S.
President in 1964) received his 1st degree in Arizona Lodge #2, Phoenix
AZ.
On this date in 1999, the Grand Lodge of D.C., under
the leadership of Grand Master Dan L Frederick, voted to recognize
the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of D.C.
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| May 16 |
On this date in 1866, the Grand Lodge of West Virginia
was founded. |
| May 17 |
On this date in 1921, High Twelve International was
organized. |
| May 18 |
On this date in 1959, Harry S. Truman (U.S. President
1945-1953) received his 50 year masonic award. |
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| May 20 |
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| May 21 |
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| May 22 |
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| May 23 |
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| May 24 |
On this date in 1901, Sir Winston Churchill received
his 1st degree in Studholme Lodge #1591, London. |
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| May 26 |
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| May 27 |
On this date in 1957, Carl H. Claudy, Masonic author and playwright, D.C.
Grand Master in 1943, Executive Secretary of MSA, died |
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| May 29 |
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| May 30 |
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| May 31 |
On this date in 1801, the Supreme Council of the
Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States,
"mother council of the world," was established, in Charleston,
South Carolina. |
| June 1 |
On this date in 1820, the Grand Lodge of Maine was
founded. |
| June 2 |
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| June 3 |
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| June 4 |
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| June 5 |
On this date in 1820, James K.
Polk (U.S. President 1845-1849) received his 1st degree in Columbia
Lodge #31, Columbia, Tennessee. On this date in 1923,
groundbreaking took place for the George Washington Masonic
National Memorial, in Alexandria, Virginia |
| June 6 |
On this date in 1787, the Grand Lodge of New York
became independent On this date in 1806,
the Grand Lodge of Delaware was established
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| June 7 |
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| June 8 |
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| June 9 |
On this date in 1849, the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of
Delaware was established |
| June 10 |
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| June 11 |
On this date in 1986, the United Grand Lodge of England
required the removal of references to the physical penalties from all
obligations. |
| June 12 |
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| June 13 |
On this date (or June 12) in 1889, the Grand Lodge of North Dakota
was organized |
| June 14 |
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| June 15 |
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| June 16 |
On this date in 1821, the Grand Lodge of Alabama was
formed |
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| June 18 |
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| June 20 |
On this date in 1812, the Grand Lodge of Louisiana was
formed
On this date in 1881, Albert G. Mackey, Masonic author and
Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Southern
Jurisdiction of the U.S., died.
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| June 23 |
On this date in 1780, Wolfgang
Goethe was initiated in Amalia Lodge in Weimar |
| June 24 |
On this date in 1717, what is referred to as the
premiere Grand Lodge was formed in London, at the Goose and Gridiron
Ale-house
This date is the first entry, for 1731, of a Lodge meeting in the
colonies that became the United States, in an account book of St. John's
Lodge in Philadelphia
On this date in 1734, Benjamin Franklin became Grand Master of what
would be known as the "Moderns" Grand Lodge in Pennsylvania.
On this date in 1791, the African Grand Lodge
of North America was organized in Boston. It later became the Prince
Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
On this date in 1797, the second Grand Lodge
for African Americans was founded in Philadelphia
On this date in 1820, the Grand Lodge of Maine was
formed
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| June 26 |
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| June 27 |
On this date (or June 25) in 1791, the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island was
organized |
| June 28 |
On this date in 1901, Warren G. Harding (U.S. President
1921-1923) received his 1st degree in Marion Lodge #70, Ohio |
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| June 30 |
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| July 1 |
On this date in 1964, Roscoe
Pound, a Masonic scholar and the Dean of Harvard Law School, died.
On this date in 1989, the Grand Lodge of Hawaii was
organized
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| July 3 |
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| July 4 |
On this date in 1781, Robert Burns received his 1st
degree. |
| July 5 |
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| July 6 |
On this date (or July 5) in 1830, the Grand Lodge of Florida was
formed |
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| July 8 |
On this date in 1789, the Grand Lodge of Connecticut was
formed |
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| July 19 |
On this date in 1901, Sir Winston Churchill received
his 2nd degree in Studholme Lodge #1591, London. |
| July 20 |
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| July 21 |
On this date in 1758, the Grand Lodge of Scotland
granted a charter to Fredericksburg Lodge in Virginia, the lodge that
had conferred the Masonic degrees on George Washington in 1752 and 1753.
On this date in 1875, the Grand Lodge of South Dakota
(Dakota) was formed
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| July 27 |
On this date in 1818, the Grand Lodge of Mississippi was
formed |
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| August
1 |
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| August
2 |
On this date in 1861, the Grand Lodge of Colorado was
formed |
| August
3 |
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| August
4 |
On this date in 1753, George Washington received his Master Mason degree in
Fredericksburg Lodge in Virginia |
| August
5 |
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| August
6 |
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| August
7 |
On this date in 1877, the Grand Lodge of New Mexico was
formed |
| August
8 |
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| August
9 |
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| August
10 |
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| August
11 |
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| August
12 |
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| August
13 |
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| August
14 |
On this date in 1826, William Morgan
obtained a copyright for Illustrations
of Masonry, By One of hte Fraternity Who Has Devoted Thirty Years to the
Subject, a book that publicly exposed the secrets of Masonic ritual.
Although many similar books had been published before, this caused great
excitement, and led to the "Morgan affair" and the Antimasonic
Party of the 1820s and 1830s. |
| August
15 |
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| August
16 |
On this date in 1851, the Grand Lodge of Oregon was
founded. |
| August
17 |
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| August
18 |
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19 |
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20 |
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| August
21 |
On this date in 1993, the Grand
Lodge of Pennsylvania and thousands of Freemasons dedicated the Friend
to Friend Masonic Monument in the cemetery in Gettysburg, commemorating
acts of kindness between Freemasons who fought on opposite sides in the
American Civil War. |
| August
22 |
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| August
23 |
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| August
24 |
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| August
25 |
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| August
26 |
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| August
27 |
On this date in 1920, Warren G. Harding (U.S. President
1921-1923) received his 3rd degree in Marion Lodge #70, Ohio. |
| August
28 |
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| August
29 |
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| August
30 |
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| August
31 |
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| September
1 |
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| September
2 |
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| September
3 |
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| September
4 |
On this date (or June 5) in 1820, James K. Polk (U.S.
President 1845-1849) received his 1st degree in Columbia Lodge #31,
Tennessee. |
| September
5 |
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| September
6 |
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| September
7 |
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| September
8 |
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| September
9 |
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| September
10 |
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| September
11 |
On this date in 2000, the Grand Masters of the
Grand Lodge of D.C. and the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of D.C. signed a
ceremonial "proclamation" symbolizing their mutual recognition
that had been voted on favorably by both Grand Lodges in 1999.
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| September
12 |
On this date in 1826, William Morgan, who had
published an exposé of Masonic secrets, was taken from the
jail in Canandaigua, New York, kidnapped, and possibly later murdered.
This was the trigger for the Morgan Affair and the Antimasonic movement
and Antimasonic Party in the United States from the 1820s through the
1840s. |
| September
13 |
On this date in 1882, a monument was dedicated in
Batavia, New York, to William Morgan, the man whose kidnapping and
possible murder by Freemasons started the antimasonic movement in the
United States in 1826. The monument says Morgan was a "martyr to
the freedom of writing and printing the truth." |
| September
14 |
On this date in 1844, the Grand Lodge of Michigan was
founded. |
| September
15 |
On this date in 1851, the Grand Lodge of Oregon was
formed |
| September
16 |
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| September
17 |
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| September
18 |
On this date in 1793, the cornerstone of the United
States Capitol building in Washington D.C. was laid in an elaborate,
formal Masonic ceremony, with George Washington personally playing a key
role and wearing Masonic regalia.
On this date in 1856, the Prince Hall Grand
Lodge of Indiana was organized.
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| September
19 |
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| September
20 |
On this date in 1784, the Grand
Lodge of England issued a warrant to African Lodge #459. This charter is
a prized possession of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and
African Lodge #459 has continued to exist to the present time. |
| September
21 |
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| September
22 |
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| September
23 |
On this date in 1857, the Grand Lodge of Nebraska was
formed |
| September
24 |
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| September
25 |
On this date in 1786, the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
was organized |
| September
26 |
On this date in 1872, the Shrine of North America (AAONMS)
was organized, in New York City.
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| September
27 |
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| September
28 |
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| September
29 |
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| September
30 |
On this date in 1949, Gerald R. Ford (U.S. President
1974-1977) received his 1st degree in Malta Lodge #465, Grand Rapids,
Michigan. |
| October
1 |
On this date in 1928, the Philalethes Society was
organized. |
| October
2 |
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| October
3 |
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| October
4 |
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| October
5 |
On this date in 1874, the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma
(Indian Territory) was formed |
| October
6 |
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7 |
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| October
8 |
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9 |
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| October
10 |
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| October
11 |
On this date in 1911, Franklin D. Roosevelt (U.S.
President 1933-1945) received his 1st degree in Holland Lodge #8, New
York City. |
| October
12 |
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| October
13 |
On this date in 1778, the Grand Lodge of Virginia was
organized |
| October
14 |
On this date in 1989, the Grand
Lodge of Connecticut recognized the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of
Connecticut. This was the first U.S. recognition of Prince Hall Masonry
that remained in force, and led to similar actions by more than 2/3 of
all U.S. Grand Lodges. |
| October
15 |
On this date in 1794, the Grand Lodge of Vermont was
organized |
| October
16 |
On this date in 1800, the Grand Lodge of Kentucky was
established |
| October
17 |
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| October
18 |
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| October
19 |
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| October
20 |
On this date in 1953, the Grand
Lodge of the State of Israel was constituted |
| October
21 |
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| October
22 |
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| October
23 |
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| October
24 |
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25 |
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26 |
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27 |
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| October
28 |
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| October
29 |
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| October
30 |
On this date in 1937, Lyndon B. Johnson (U.S. President
1963-1969) received his 1st degree in Texas. |
| November
1 |
On this date in 1922, the cornerstone of the George
Washington Masonic National Memorial, in Alexandria, Virginia, was laid
in a Masonic ceremony. |
| November
2 |
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| November
3 |
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| November
4 |
On this date in 1752, George Washington received his Entered Apprentice
degree in Fredericksburg Lodge in Virginia |
| November
5 |
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| November
6 |
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| November
7 |
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8 |
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9 |
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| November
10 |
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| November
11 |
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| November
12 |
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| November
13 |
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| November
14 |
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| November
15 |
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16 |
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| November
17 |
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| November
18 |
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| November
19 |
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| November
20 |
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| November
21 |
On this date in 1838, the Grand Lodge of Arkansas was
formed |
| November
22 |
On this date in 1991, Jerry
Marsengill was killed in an automobile accident. He was a very active
Freemason, editor of the Philalethes magazine, the Royal Arch
Mason magazine, and Past President of the Philalethes Society. |
| November
23 |
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| November
24 |
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| November
25 |
On this date in 1813, the Articles of Union of the United Grand Lodge of
England were signed |
| November
26 |
On this date in 1737, a letter to the editor appeared
in the New York Gazette newspaper, criticizing the secrecy of
Freemasons and the words of the obligations' penalties (as disclosed in
a previous exposé of Freemasonry). This appears to have been the first
antimasonic effort in the colonies that became the United States. |
| November
27 |
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| November
28 |
On this date in 1884, Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076,
in London, England, the first research lodge in the world, received its
warrant. On this date in 1911, Franklin
D. Roosevelt (U.S. President 1933-1945) received his 3rd degree. |
| November
29 |
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| November
30 |
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| December
1 |
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2 |
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| December
3 |
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| December
4 |
On this date in 1807, Most
Worshipful Brother Prince Hall, the first African American known to have
received the Masonic degrees in America, died. |
| December
5 |
On this date in 1730, Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania
Gazette included news about several Lodges of Free-Masons meeting in
that "province." Franklin was not yet a Freemason when his
newspaper printed this item. |
| December
6 |
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| December
7 |
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| December
8 |
On this date in 1858, the Grand Lodge of Washington State was
formed |
| December
9 |
On this date in 1999, the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of
D.C. voted to recognize the Grand Lodge of D.C. |
| December
10 |
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| December
11 |
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| December
12 |
On this date in 1787, the Grand Lodge of North Carolina was
organized |
| December
13 |
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| December
14 |
On this date in 1994, the United Grand Lodge of England issued a
statement that it found the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts,
the source of all Prince Hall Masonry in the United States, to be
regular and deserving of recognition.
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| December
15 |
On this date in 1779, American Union Lodge, a traveling
lodge under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, met and proposed that
George Washington become the General Grand Master of Masons in the
United States. There is no evidence that Washington ever heard about
this, and no evidence that he ever held any Masonic position other than
Master of a lodge (and no evidence that he attended this lodge while he
was Master, or possibly ever).
On this date in 1874, the Grand Lodge of Wyoming was
formed
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| December
16 |
On this date in 1786, the Grand Lodge of Georgia was
organized |
| December
17 |
On this date in 1867, the Grand Lodge of Idaho was
formed |
| December
18 |
On this date in 1786, the Grand Lodge of New Jersey was
organized
On this date in 1799, George Washington's
funeral was conducted in Masonic fashion, at Mount Vernon, Virginia
On this date in 1843, the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin was
formed
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| December
19 |
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| December
20 |
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| December
21 |
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| December
22 |
On this date in 1753, the Royal Arch degree was
conferred in Fredericksburg Lodge in Virginia. This is the first
unquestioned evidence of the conferral of this degree. |
| December
23 |
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| December
24 |
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| December
25 |
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| December
26 |
On this date in 1972, Harry S.
Truman, former President of the United States, Past Grand Master of
Missouri, and a very active Freemason, died. He had requested a Masonic
funeral, but instead the government, which handled the details,
permitted a short Masonic ceremony during the funeral service. |
| December
27 |
On this date in 1783, the Grand Lodge of South Carolina was
organized On this date in 1813, the Grand Lodge of Louisiana was
formed
On this date in 1813, Grand Officers and Brethren of the United Grand Lodge of England
consummated the union of the Moderns and Ancients into the UGLE
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| December
28 |
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| December
29 |
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| December
30 |
On this date in 1837, the Grand Lodge of Texas was
formed |
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31 |
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