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Welcome! Mark your calendar: the Midwest Conference on Masonic Education is in Omaha this coming spring; April 24-26. https://mcme1949.org/

I used to subscribe to The Square when it was a print edition, and liked it a lot. They've gone online-only, and I don't enjoy doing that type of reading online, so I haven't read an issue in a long time. However, if you like that sort of thing, the advantage is that it's now free...

I don't know about Texas, but the Grand Lodge of Minnesota was created by three constituent lodges that had originally been chartered by the Grand Lodges of Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin (IIRC). Minnesota was not yet a state, and the Territory of Minnesota had no part in the creation.

I was a police officer for 25 years. I had several occasions where I dealt with "posse comitatus" types (I'm not saying that's what you are; I don't know) who had their own unusual interpretations of the Constitution and statutory law. Don't need a driver's license because they're not driving...

Brother Lamberth, you didn't respond to this.

You got life in prison, and somehow it's "a stain on the organization" that you were expelled? You don't say what your felony was, but life in prison gives a pretty good hint. "Judge not, lest ye be judged" just means that we shouldn't hold anyone to a standard that we are not willing to be...

That Macoy hat I linked seems wider and flatter.

No, as you noted, my post was from eight years ago. I don't remember where I found it. But searching just now I found this one on Macoy: https://www.macoy.com/Masonic-Aprons/Masonic-Hats-Fezzes-Fez-Cases/Masters-Square-Hat-3406.aspx

Freemasonry is banned in Saudi Arabia. We cannot help you become a Freemason in a country where it is banned.

Hello. A little introductory information would be appreciated. Are you a Freemason? What lodge and grand lodge?

Welcome to the group!

We're here to help, brother.

Welcome to the community!

I doubt seriously that they would be using a gmail account. Looks like a scam to me.

Welcome, Brother Bell!