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A Service Awards Dinner has been scheduled for members eligible for their 50,60, and 65 year awards on January 22nd, dinner at 5pm and awards presentation at 6pm. Eligible for 50 Year Service Awards are Brothers: J.T. Duke John Armistead Cecil Gillum William Megginson...

From the KAKE-TV website in Witchita, Kansas this morning: The Wichita Bomb Squad has removed a suspicious package found near Downtown today. Police were called to investigate a backpack left at the Kansas Masonic Home at 401 S. Seneca. "The green backpack contained several differerent types...

Each year, the Grand Lodge of California F&AM and the California Masonic Foundation sponsor the Annual California Masonic Symposium. This event, open to both Masons and the public, addresses a topic of historical and philosophical relevance to Freemasonry in an academic setting. The 2011...

A new Traditional Observance Lodge has formed in Louisiana: O. K. Allen Lodge U.D. in Winnfield, Louisiana has been granted dispensation to work. Its charter Master is RWB Bryan Price, who has also been named for 2011-2012 as the Grand Tyler for the Grand Lodge of Louisiana AF&AM. What makes...

England's Brother Paul Bradley has created two unusual websites. The first, Festive Boards ("Where Masons Eat") is designed for Masons who meet at London's Freemasons' Hall in Great Queen Street to easily choose and reserve tables at the pubs and restaurants nearby for their Festive Boards. His...

The third video presentation from the Worldwide Exemplification of Freemasonry is up and running. It appears that, after the first two presentations and some challenges with the various video formats, the organizers have gone to archiving the videos on Vimeo in Flash format. This week's...

On January 6th, 2011, St. Claudius Lodge No. 21 was reconstituted by the Grande Loge Nationale Française. Originally founded on October 31, 1925, St. Claudius Lodge was the first Masonic research lodge chartered by the GLNF. It is named after one of the "four crowned martyrs," and patterned...

The second video presentation from the Worldwide Exemplification of Freemasonry is up and running until January 22nd, 2011. "The Gift of Irish Freemasonry" - by R:.W:.Brother Robert T. Bashford of the Irish Lodge of Research. The video requires a fairly robust internet connection, as it is a...

It's getting to be a monthly occurrence. The Masonic Temple in Manteca, California, home of Tyrian Lodge No. 439, was broken into over the New Years weekend, with approximately $7,00 in damage. From the Manteca Bulletin on January 7th: Tyrian Lodge #439 Master John Shaughnessy said an...

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"With a heart full of love and gratitude I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable." --George Washington, December 4, 1783. New York's historic Fraunces Tavern has reopened, with new...

SPAGHETTI DINNER FUNDRAISER GRANBURY MASONIC LODGE 392 AF&AM GRANBURY TEXAS 76048 SATURDAY Jan. 8, 2011 1700 Weatherford Hwy. (Hwy 51 N) 76048 4:00PM till 7:00PM $6.00 for Home made spaghetti w/ meat sauce, spaghetti w/ home made meat balls, Garlic Bread, and Salad...

The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania's Masonic Village at Elizabethtown has just installed a $4.5 million solar panel electrical generation system, capable of 1.2 megawatts of power. The panels cover a 5 acre plot of land on the 1,400 acre campus. It will provide about 5 percent of the campus’...

The new and beautiful website for the Grand Lodge of Kansas AF&AM is up and running at www.kansasmason.org. There was a presentation made about the site last Fall when I visited their leadership training session in Emporia, but the site is now online and fully functioning. The GL of Kansas has...

There will be a work day in the Grand Lodge of Indiana Library and Museum on Sunday, January 9th, from 9:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M, at Indiana Freemasons' Hall in downtown Indianapolis. We will continue unpacking boxes and determining what goes up to the sixth floor and what needs to be put on...