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Any historical wargamers ( or even hysterical ones) out there in the fraternity? Or brethren who collect and paint 'toy soldiers' in general? I'm running a recreation of the Combat of Moys between Austria and Frederick the Great's Prussians set in 1757 at the moment. Our Senior Warden in...

Interesting! I will use this for my short talk in Commandery next month - thanks for sharing

Hello Matthew, and congratulations on taking your first step in Masonry, welcome aboard! Your apron was returned to the secretary, but will be presented to you to keep when you are raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason, and the secretary will have written the dates you were initiated...

We're not even that in my jurisdiction as dining - even our regular get togethers outside of the Lodge in restaurants - was one of the first things to become verboten. As it stands now we have no dining on or off Lodge premises, no ritual, no degree work and a strict limit of ten persons who...

Depends how many rooters, sorry, rotors they have

I don't care, I've decided I want to be a helicopter:p

Surely you mean "Apersons".......

Where do we draw the line? There are hundreds of First Responders who gave their lives courageously on 9/11 but nobody made them members of our fraternity. The cornerstone of Freemasonry is that we are all equal: nobody gets a pass because they did a particular job or any other activity outside...

I'm sorry, but with the greatest respect to Officer Sicknick and his family, he was tragically killed in the line of duty, like so many other brave LEO's and first responders. There is no mention in the edict of what the circumstances were "above and beyond his role" that would merit such an...

In the light of 2020's insanity/restrictions, it should be replaced by an elbow :)

Agreed! This kind of action IMHO brings an element of politics into the craft, and that should never be.

Those things, inconvenient, ineffective and unconstitutional as they be, are mandated by the Grand Lodge of VA, so we suffer them in silence for our stated meetings. But when photographs are taken, we will remove them for the few seconds it takes to make the shot. So far, mass casualties have...

"Is there a law that impose people to disclose such a list? And would not providing such a list result in criminal or civil charges?" No, in this particular instance it his employer's requirement. I do know of one Brother who has had extensive contact with members of the criminal...

Well put my Brother! When you think about it logically, you are in far more danger driving to and from Lodge than contracting a disease while sitting in it.

I am truly sorry for the passing of any Brother, Lord knows we lose too many every year during flu season, and there is a bittersweet side to one of my annual duties - that of visiting our Masonic widows and presenting these wonderful ladies with a Poinsettia every Christmas and Lily at Easter...

Brethren: I was informed today by a brother that he had been in contact with an infected person outside the Lodge; the brother concerned was cleared, but announced due to his job requirements, if he had tested positive he would have submitted a list of all his recent contacts to a third party...

Fraternal Greetings from Virginia's Blue Ridge country!

We are open in Virginia, but under restrictions and no meals or degree work is permitted. GL is holding a one day conferral though.

Not necessarily: the immigration process takes several years and the OP says he has every intention of becoming a LPR or USC, so we can assume he has at least begun that process. Immigration is a matter of Federal regulation and does not come under the criminal code US law is different from...

Citizenship is not a requirement as we are an international fraternity - the question of just does not arise. I know a Brother from Waynesboro who is Irish, moved here almost 40 years ago and married an American girl; he chose not to become a US citizen but retains his EU citizenship for pension...